Lazy Sunday

    When I say Lazy Sunday, I mean really, really lazy Sunday.  I slept until 1 and when I woke up, it was almost lunch time.  My host mom's sister joined us for lunch today and we had some type of sausage.  It tasted more like a steak but it was definitely not beef.  Sometimes I think it's better that I don't know what I'm eating.

    My host dad prepares almost all of the meals.  He works from home so he has time to cook lunch and supper and even go to the market.  I think my mom has only cooked once or twice since I've been here.  She cooked last night because it was just us and she was so worried that the food didn't turn out right.  I wouldn't have known any different.

    It was a really rainy day so I didn't feel bad about sitting in my bed all day and doing absolutely nothing.  I probably should have went out and explored more but this neighborhood can be so confusing.  The roads not only run the normal north to south and east to west, they also run in every other combination of directions that you can think of.  That makes it so easy for me to get turned around. Also, the blocks are around quadruple the size of a regular city block in Nebraska so I could pass the same store every day and not notice that it is so close to my house.  I did learn today that the river runs in an arch shape through the town and that definitely helped me to figure out where I was.

    I took a walk with my family through the city for nearly two hours just trying to get used to my surroundings.  One thing that will definitely be an adjustment is how open kids my age are with their sexuality.  A few times since I've been here, I've seen couples standing scandalously close, but tonight it was everywhere!  There was even a girl straddling her boyfriend on a park bench in a playground.  I knew that people were a lot less private about that kind of thing in Europe but, WOW, that's disgusting!

    Tomorrow I find out at 9 am what level of Spanish I tested into.  It will determine what classes I can take. If I don't get into Spanish 3, I will be retaking credits that I already have, so hopefully my Spanish wasn't too rusty when I took the test.  Classes will start tomorrow at 10 and hopefully it will be an easy day.  All of the classes are in Spanish with very little help in English, especially toward the end of the semester.  Hopefully I get enough sleep tonight because my body has to be dying or something!