well, we have orientation this week and classes don't start until the 10th (which is even early because the spanish students start in October!). So yesterday we met in the morning at 10, after sleeping in, and took a tour of the school. University of Deusto is on the river right across from the museum and practically right downtown! So i met all the other students, mostly from Chicago and U of I with funny accents.
I met this really nice girl named holly and i knew she lived close to me, about a five minute walk to school (which is sweet because a lot of people live 30 minutes away by metro)and so after dinner my host woman, Conchi and I took her crazy dog for a walk and then stopped at her sister's house who also has a student but i shocked when I saw holly there. So that means we are host cousins and two blocks away! funny
Anyways, i really like the days here. Their schedule is so different. I wake up around 9 and go to school for meetings and placement tests and what not then they give us lunch around 2, which is the main meal of the day and is a 4 course meal. All businesses and shops close from 1-4ish then we explore and come home around 7 or 8. It does not start getting dark out until 9. Then we eat around 9:30 or ten and either go out with friends or watch tv and stay in.
Today we went to Getxo and Plenzia, two towns north of Bilbao about 30 minutes by the beach and walked along the water. The little towns are so beautiful and remind me of a developed town in tuscany. The buildings are bright colors and so close together on strictly pedestrian streets! It is really great being in Europe and experiencing another culture not as a tourist really but as a resident.
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