My departure date is fast approaching, and it seems crazy to me that after the months of applications, orientations and deadlines I will finally be leaving on January 15th. As I start to attempt to pack, things are finally starting to feel real. I'm not the most organized person so narrowing down what I want to bring with me in my TWO suitcases is proving to be a challenge, but I hope to have that done soon!
When I finally arrive in Seville, I will be spending the first few days in a hotel where I will have time to get to know the other people in the program, receive my final class and housing assignments and explore the city a little bit! Then after a few days I will head off to permanent housing and take a few week long Spanish Language Intensive course to brush up my Spanish skills, and then I finally start real classes on February 8th.
I am extremely excited to go to Spain but also a little nervous. Not knowing my housing or class situation is not helping because if I was spending the semester at Madison I would have all of those things figured out by now. I guess that's just all part of the adventure though. I am hoping to take Spanish Cuisine, Spanish for the Health Professional, Phonetics and a literature class on Cervantes and Don Quixote. I'm really looking forward to these classes and I think that it will be a nice break from all of the science classes I usually take, and classes are only Monday-Thursday. Which will give me lots of time to travel other countries in Europe. I hope to be able to visit England, France, Greece, Ireland, Morocco, Portugal and of course the many different regions of Spain. I doubt I'll make it to all of these places but I'll do my best, and plan on making the most of being in Europe.
Living in a country where the primary language is Spanish will be a challenge, but it's one that I'm welcoming with open arms. I'm quite good at reading, writing and understanding Spanish, but my spoken Spanish could definitely use some work, I hope that I will improve a lot since I will be using it everyday! My goals for this semester are to improve my Spanish, get good grades and enjoy all that Europe has to offer. I want to make sure to immerse myself in Spanish culture every chance I get so that I can get as much out of this amazing experience as possible!
Thanks for bearing with my through my first post ever, I'm sure they'll be drastically more interesting once I get to Seville. I think that the Internet access there is pretty good so I'll try to keep this as up to date as possible!
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