It has been almost a week since we arrived in Tenerife and we are loving every minute of it. My daily routine is similar to the life I dream about. In the morning, I wake up and eat my bowl of cereal, muesli and dried fruit, with lactose free milk (of course!). I then walk to school which starts at 9 and learn Spanish from two different teachers, Sandra and Samuel, for 4 hours. Afterwards I go home and make sandwiches for Tyler and I. Whole wheat toast with turkey and chicken, avocado etc. Then I have to head back to school for a private lesson with Samuel around 2 pm for 1 hour. I am getting one on one here because the level I have been put in is a bit more advanced than be and their trying to catch me up to speed. The private lessons have really helped me a lot! Mostly learning past tense verb conjugations, how to give commands (bring it over here, sit down, etc.) advice, and recommendations. In regular class we have been having debates and expressing ideas of philosophy and culture, all in Spanish. It´s so foreign to me and it´s so exciting!
I´m finally seeing Language in the way I feel I should see it. Not only because it sounds different, but because, for example, you cannot express the same ideas in Spanish that you can in English. Making friends from all over the world, some who speak English well and some who don´t, and learning how to speak a different language has made me realize this. I know now what it´s like to live in a place where the majority do not speak my language and in order to survive I must speak theirs. It´s seeing these language barriers from a different perspective that make me feel that I am really learning something important here.
more later,
xoxo
Ce
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