By Leen Doumet
As cliché as this might sound, I can’t
really say I have a typical day here in Valencia. Every day here is so atypical
to what I’m used to that it’s hard to generalize all my days into one. But,
here’s a typical Tuesday!
On Tuesdays I have my Spanish grammar and
composition class at 9am. After class, a group of friends and I partake in our
Tuesday/ Thursday breakfast tradition where we go to Serranos restaurant, which
is literally a 25 second walk from the study center. At breakfast, we chat and
simply enjoy each other’s company for over an hour. If we have a test that day,
we study and quiz each other. After breakfast I go to my second class, which is
Spanish reading and conversation. At 4:00, I volunteer at the school near the
study center and assist fourth graders in learning English. After volunteering,
I come back to the study center to study or relax. Later in the evening, I
either make dinner or go out to dinner. By the time we come back, which is
often times around 11 it is time to wind down and prepare for the next day!
I say my days here in Valencia are far
from typical because often times, instead of being in the classroom for my
class, I find myself all over Valencia. With my classes I have taken excursions
to places like Sagunto, a town that was formerly a Moorish fortress, La Lonja,
a beautiful building originally used for silk trading, and the Bellas Artes Museum
in Valencia. I have even made Valencian paella for a paella competition in my
Food and Society class.
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| Walking through the Ruins of Sagunto |
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| Finished Paella for Class! |
From walking through the ruins of old
castles to admiring the architecture in various plazas around the city, I have
been extremely lucky to have everything but typical days for the past four
months.
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