¡Primera dia de clases!

Yesterday was our first day of school. Our Spanish classes start at ten and last for about three hours. The school is a really cool and old building and it's about fifteen minutes away from our apartment. So far in class we've learned a lot about Cádiz. Today we went out in the streets and asked people about their favorite shops, the best parts of town, problems with the Spanish economy, and other things like that. It's really interesting to talk to people here and actually use Spanish that you've learned. Most people are pretty friendly and don't mind talking to Americans. Three times a week we also have our elective classes, which are either Spanish culture and conversation or Digital photography. In culture class, we went out and asked people about the difference in dialects in Càdiz and in Madrid. It's really cool to see the different accents thst are here just like in the United States. We also learned a lot of vocabulary that is specific to cádiz which was really interesting, too. Today, instead of electives, we had art and flamenco dancing classes. We painted fans for our families at home and had a introduction to flamenco dancing. The dancing was kind of embarrassing but still fun. The classes here are very specific to cádiz and we get to go out and use all the things we learn during class. This picture is the view from the second floor of the school.