Joe in Spain
 One
of our members is abroad this semester. Joe is studying in Spain. He is
keeping us all updated with photos and details of some of his adventures.
Check out his photos at Yahoo,
Joe in Spain.
Jan 11, 05 - i made it here
with just a slight glitch in paris, france at the airport. i have
been enjoying it so far. enjoy eiu being a small campus. i
have to walk far from my house to class. and the lady i am living
with wants me to come back at lunch time...¿loca? owell, i
am going to buy a computer keyboard while i am over here. they are
different and kinda neat. there is actually a button with the ñ
y ¿ and a Çç and some other things i am trying to
figure out. but overall spain is beatiful and awesome!
Jan 31, 05 - wow, hard to
believe i have been here for three weeks already!!! classes are going
great and spain is soo much fun! the only thing is that too many
people speak english here so i slip every once and a while.
i have been taking picts
and have put them on a yahoo website, i will try to update it once a week
so favorite it! my high school teachers recomended i get stuff to
do units with and i have a ton of stuff for a transportation unit. |
Feb 4,
05 - I asked Joe some
questions:
What is the most exciting
simple thing you have done? What is the one word in Spanish that is the
most difficult for you to use or understand? How do you travel, other than
by foot? Are you getting ready to make any sightseeing trips? Have you
eaten at any restaurants are the better, worse, different?
His responses:
well, the water heaters
here are different, it is heated and used directly, it doesn´t sit
in a tank, instant heated water!!!
i have the hardest time
saying Euro (thefirst E is the killer, it is so funny to watch people when
i say it, they just know---tourist!
the best way to travel here
is by bus or by train, the university takes care of most of the transportation
stuff, next weekend i am going to El escorial and Avila, been to toledo
(beatiful city) and been to Segovia, i will be in barcelona for an entire
week in March! depends on the resturant, the panaderias here are
great! i treat myself once aweek:)
the funnest thing i have
done is to be in the plaza mayor at night, there is just so much to do
and it just looks awesome!
Feb 5, 05 - so i have to
change my funnest thing i have done since i have been here. today
we went up in the torre of the cathedral. let me tell you, what a
sight to see!!! walking up a 250 year old cathedral is relly exciting! |
