Hola de nuevo!
This is a
small update because Routes into Languages would like to put a link to this
blog in their newsletter.
My
experience of the Adopt-a-Class scheme so far has been very positive. It is
good fun reading the comments I have from the pupils in the classes, and trying
to ask their questions, which can be very interesting. Aside from the benefit
of the blog being directly related to a scheme whose aims I support, there are
those benefits which come from the fact that I have to try and keep track of
what I am doing out here.
It has not
been the easiest undertaking. For many Erasmus students, the primary motives of
their year abroad are cultural experiences and language improvement, and this
is reflected in the fact that many Erasmus students’ academic grades during
this time do not count towards their final degree class. I am in the slightly
less common camp of having this year count towards my final degree class; doing
my Masters research project and lectures, as well as a Cultural project to be
written in Spanish. This means that in many respects, living out here is not
that different from living in London, surrounded by opportunities for cultural
experiences but ignoring most of them in favour of studying. As a result, when
I do get the opportunity to go sightseeing or exploring, I try to ensure I make
the most of it and take note of what I enjoy so that I can write about it in
these blog entries.
As a quick
update since the last entry, I had a visitor this weekend, so we went into the
Old City and walked around the beautiful architecture. We went to a famous
Horchateria (twice!) and had horchata con fartons, churros con chocolate, and (on
the second day) buñuelos de calabaza con chocolate. I have already talked about
horchata con fartons, but in case you have not heard of them before, churros
and buñuelos are a fried dough. The main thing I can see that differentiates
them is their shape, churros are long and thin, and buñuelos are effectively
like a doughnut, but their exterior is much crispier, like a batter.
That is all
for now as it has only really been a week.
