A view from the top of the castle in Trujillo. 
No... we didn´t plan this picture...
They know how to make the Macarena look good (any Lundborgs remember having to do the times tables to that song in Mrs. Ehlerts class???)
Roman ruins of an old Coloseum in MedinaSo, we’ve finished our first week of class (and a couple days, a little slow on the post) and I’ve got to say that I’m slightly disappointed in this class. It is a cool class; it is just that the teacher is so terribly boring. Enough of her though, talking about her just frustrates me, the stories we are reading are pretty good (its a literature class) and I’ve got some friends in there so it isn’t so bad after all.
Not a whole lot went on last week, just a bunch of school and random hanging out. I do have bad news... the guy from the festival of nations still hasn’t called me, so looks like that isn’t gonna pan out, haha. Oh well, we can still go down there and have a good time without me having to work, right?
This past weekend we went to the autonomous community (state w/in Spain) that is home to 2 provinces (counties) Medida and Trijullo. It was a really fun trip, mainly because of who went. There wasn’t 1 person who went that I disliked, all of the staff was 35 or younger and very cool, and there was a smaller group going (50 or so) so it was easier to stick together.
We ended up seeing some Roman ruins over 1000 years old, some castles and many other cultural things that are very similar to what we’ve been doing most of the summer. The food at the hotel was so-so but CIEE made up for it by taking us to this really amazing restaurant off of the town square in Trijullo. It was 3 courses with a desert. Delicioso
Now that it is close to 45 degrees celcious everyday, I like to go to the movies or do something else in air-conditioning, so today there was only 1 obvious choice. Harry Potter. It isn’t out in English yet, but that didn’t matter because the theatres that have shows in Spanish are much better (I saw it in digital HD THX and a bunch of 2 or three letter acronyms theatre). Happy to report that I understood every word of it and it was pretty much amazing, living up to the hype. Funny thing though, if you have already seen it, a bunch of the plot is relayed through new rules nailed to a wall, or reading headlines from newspapers, but those aren’t translated. Whenever they came up, the kids around me would be asking their parents "dad, what does that mean..." "what is going on..." etc. Makes you wonder what everyone that doesn’t speak English misses out on many of the dubbed over movies, huh?
Not a whole lot went on last week, just a bunch of school and random hanging out. I do have bad news... the guy from the festival of nations still hasn’t called me, so looks like that isn’t gonna pan out, haha. Oh well, we can still go down there and have a good time without me having to work, right?
This past weekend we went to the autonomous community (state w/in Spain) that is home to 2 provinces (counties) Medida and Trijullo. It was a really fun trip, mainly because of who went. There wasn’t 1 person who went that I disliked, all of the staff was 35 or younger and very cool, and there was a smaller group going (50 or so) so it was easier to stick together.
We ended up seeing some Roman ruins over 1000 years old, some castles and many other cultural things that are very similar to what we’ve been doing most of the summer. The food at the hotel was so-so but CIEE made up for it by taking us to this really amazing restaurant off of the town square in Trijullo. It was 3 courses with a desert. Delicioso
Now that it is close to 45 degrees celcious everyday, I like to go to the movies or do something else in air-conditioning, so today there was only 1 obvious choice. Harry Potter. It isn’t out in English yet, but that didn’t matter because the theatres that have shows in Spanish are much better (I saw it in digital HD THX and a bunch of 2 or three letter acronyms theatre). Happy to report that I understood every word of it and it was pretty much amazing, living up to the hype. Funny thing though, if you have already seen it, a bunch of the plot is relayed through new rules nailed to a wall, or reading headlines from newspapers, but those aren’t translated. Whenever they came up, the kids around me would be asking their parents "dad, what does that mean..." "what is going on..." etc. Makes you wonder what everyone that doesn’t speak English misses out on many of the dubbed over movies, huh?
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I'm so proud of you for understanding all of Harry Potte. I too went to go see it last night (in English of course) and it was phenomenal. I never thought about all the newspaper articles and rules posted...I bet it was a nice break from concentrating so much on the spanish...or maybe it's not hard for you anymore.
Isn't it funny how I comment immediately on the Harry Potter stuff? Hahahaha I hope your class shapes up a bit. It's pretty sweet that you can understand literature en espanol. Well done, Matt.
Oh hey...I got a calling card so I can call you sometime (although it's almost camp week) All you have to do is give me your digits.
LOVE YOU! Miss you!!!
P.S. when HP comes out on DVD we need it. k? sweet!
Hi Matt,
I have been wondering how you were doing with the extreme heat. Is the classroom air conditioned?
Glad you enjoyed Harry Potter. I would think it would be harder to understand when you can't lip read.
I LOVE YOU! and MISS YOU, too!
Mom
Another fun trip. Great pics too. Would you believe I haven't read any of the Harry Potter books nor seen any of the movies? Of course you could. (:-)
BTW, how hot is hot?
Take care. Love you, Grandma
Mom and G-ma: 45 degrees celcius is 113 fereignheit, so hot is really hot, but our classes have AC and so does my house, so I can´t complain... I really lucked out, but you really can´t go out during the day because it is unbearable
Kate: ditto on the dvd, and my digits for just my number here are 653 22 59 57. I don´t know country code or anything else like that, but I´m sure the parentals could help ya out.
I love the bit about Harry Potter. First of all, I'm stoked to see it at some point (I'm hoping with everyone in Texas), but second about the whole plot line being advanced in English. Very interesting. I'm also VERY impressed that you made it through the movie with full comprehension. Well done, man! I can fully appreciate what it means to say that (though I'm not quite able to make that statement for French). There's a movie out right now in Paris called "Persepolis" that is a cartoon-type thing in French which looks great. I think we'll miss it though since we only have today left (sigh).
Bon Voyage! So many wonderful memories to add to your life journals.
Stay safe and know that you are loved.
Grandma and Grandpa
Like I said......."sometimes I forget whose blog I'm on.) It's a Grandma Thing. (:-)
Love you, Matt, g/g
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