Monday I still had no plans to work and was waiting to hear from the school, but I did have a meeting with the Real Federación Española de Natación (Royal Spanish Swimming Federation)'s coach, in which he told me they have no positions right now, but that they will keep my information and in the meantime I should consider taking coaching classes. I met the head of all the courses and he gave me the required information, which apparently costs 550 euros to become the lowest level of coach!! I don't think I can get myself to pay that when I don't know that they would ever help me with a visa upgrade. I will keep in touch with them and go see some of their events to show my dedication.
I also said goodbye to my host family on Monday with a box of cookies to send them on their 3-month trip to Argentina. I will miss them, but know that I will be back in touch in January and will try to see my host sister in the interim (she's still in the city).
Tuesday I started work with two classes of the level I will have half of my working time. It is called ampliación and is for students at the junior/senior year level. It is all conversation and has the same teacher that I will work with for this term and the next. The third term she will be out on maternity leave, so I will be able to bring some continuity to the class. They're pretty fun, 16-17 years old and pretty good at English. Getting the energy levels down will be the interesting task... The good news is I get 7 hours of these classes and the other auxiliar in my school won't get any because he has to be at another school half of his time. I say I win that one! Depends what you like... I'd rather have the 16-18 year olds than the 12 year olds...
Tuesday evening I had exciting plans get cancelled, so I met up with a friend who also had a rough day and met some of her friends. It was a tranquil night for us, but not for the rest of the city! Wednesday was a national holiday and no one had school or work, so all the young people were out in full-force on Tuesday night! I went to bed early-ish to try to sleep off a sore throat and prepare for a museum visit on Wednesday.
Anne and I visited the Thyssen-Bournemisza Museum for FREE on Wednesday, the only day of the entire year it's free! We waited in line a half hour and at the beginning didn't have to deal with too many people, but they eventually caught up with us! I feel like I did a good visit and don't need to go back for a while, though I did love it and recommend it highly! The rest of that afternoon I got a montón of churros con chocolate (and wish I had a picture of them all - I will definitely be going back) with Kiki and Santi and we're excited to try all the flavors we discovered just a minute too late on their menu - dark chocolate, white chocolate, hazelnut chocolate, cinnamon chocolate, other-nut-chocolate, mint chocolate, fruits and chocolate, you name it, they have it! I'll snap some pictures next time...
Thursday was back at school and then to a wonderful free exhibit at the Fundación Mapfre on Yves Saint Laurent and his work. SO AMAZING. I will definitely be bringing my little sister there when she comes, as the fashion expert in the family! It made me want to go shopping, but I would need to have some money for that...
Some shots of la ciudad...
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