First trip and More

This past weekend we took a bus trip to Valencia. It was quite the experience because it was my first time staying in a hostel. One person in my program booked the hostels and it turned out that when we got there....the cab driver had never heard of the place and it didn't seem to be where the address said it was. Anyways, we went to another hostel which seemed very old which made it kind of creepy. Although it was old and creepy, it was very clean, which is all that matters. Well, I found out later hot water really matters too. Nope, no hot water at my first hostel. (cold showers are no bueno) After being woken up by a shocking cold shower we went to La ciudad de artes y ciencias (City of arts and sciences). There were four main parts to the "city" the opera house or theater for shows, the science museam, the cinema, and the aquarium. It was kind of expensive so we decided to only visit the aquarium since that seemed the most interesting. We saw many fish, seals, penguins, beluga whales, walruses, sharks, and finally a dolphin show. It was very interesting to go to a dolphin show in all Spanish, sometimes I didn't know if I should clap, laugh, not do anything, etc. We didn't really do anything else in Valencia because we got there really late on Friday night and left pretty early on Sunday. It was a very pretty city, however. It was very touristy so I'm sure there is a lot more to do there. I know now that I should probably research a little bit more of what there is to do before I just pick up and leave.

Today I found out about an ESL (English as a Second Language) workshop and signed up right away. It is a workshop to teach you how to teach English to Spanish speaking adults and or children. I'm very excited about that and will be sure to post more info soon.

Hasta Luego