One thing I haven’t gotten used to yet is that here in Spain most people are on a first name basis. I call my host mother, Feli, and my host father, Angel instead of Sr. and Sra. Nieves. I also observe that students call teachers by their first names. It’s strange to me but that is the custom here.
I have been with my host family for three weekends now and we have done many fun activities. On the first weekend we went to my host family’s apartment in Comaruga by the Mediterranean Sea. It was really nice to be by the beach when I knew that back at home it was probably getting cold and summer was officially over.

During my second weekend my host family took me to Barcelona to see a plane show and competition. It was a great show with lots of plane formations in the air. I also got to meet some of the family members on Feli’s, side. During that day we went to a Chinese restaurant, which had a fabulous buffet. We came home exhausted after a fun-filled day.

This past weekend we climbed up a mountain called Montcau. It took a lot of effort to get up but it was worth it. Once I arrived at the top I wondered if Heaven was something like this. The view was spectacular as you can see from some of the pictures. Once on top, it was so relaxing to just sit and enjoy the view. I am glad I did it.
Another activity we enjoyed this weekend was going to the movies. My host family and I saw a movie called “Agora.” It was a pretty interesting film about early Christianity. However, the strangest thing happened to us while we were at the theater. All four of us were in line for popcorn, Oscar, Feli and Angel and I. Since the film was about to start Feli and I decided to go get our seats in theater 23 while Oscar and Angel would stay to buy the popcorn. The film soon began and we waited for them to come with the popcorn and drinks. Pretty soon we were a half an hour into the film and we are still wondering where the heck they are. I went out of our theater to see if they were outside but they were nowhere to be seen. Feli and I went through the whole film without them or without any popcorn L. It turned out that the theater next to us was also showing Agora at the exact same time. Oscar and Angel were in the other theater. After the film we had a good laugh and headed to a restaurant and had a nice dinner. I am obviously enjoying myself during the week and weekends in Spain. I guess I should talk more about what I’m learning at school next time .