09-03-07FirstDay

Aqui estamos en America. Aqui estamos en America! Aqui estamos en Americaaaaaaaa!

We’re not onto actual learning and Spanish. We’re taking classes through a ‘Spanish for foreigners’ school where we’re being tested for skill level. And, despite getting along in the streets fine with my purely conversational Spanish, I didn’t do so hot in class. I’ve been put in the lowest level of Spanish our group has and I’m quite sure it is deserved. We had a short paragraph for homework, which was nothing horrible.

Later on we met up with the group to fill out more documents than I ever imagined would be necessary. It was the same with the visa for entering the country, lots of papers to fill out. Perhaps it is a socialism thing, bureaucracy seems to be rampant. A lot of it is European Union regulation; being part of such a large bureaucracy requires a lot of double-checking. Nevertheless, people seem not to mind it.

That night I got some pictures I needed for school and another ice cream (Watermelon flavor – good taste but not a good idea for ice cream). Then home for dinner, homework, and sleep.