Monday, August 4, 2008 - Sunday, August 10, 2008
After getting over the initial jet lag and finding my way around the city, I had a warm welcome to Barcelona. The first day of class was fun to get to know the other people in the program, people from different places and with different goals to achieve in the program. The class is made up of people in their 20s to 50s, from England, Bulgaria, Romania and the States. We were able to get to know each other on the first night with celebrating a classmate's birthday in Born, a neighborhood in the Gothic quarter.
I was able to get my feet wet with teaching this week as well. A great time to practice speaking slowly and clearly (I'm sure many of you will appreciate this improvement:)). We spent half of our days teaching and the other half as students learning the nuts and bolts of English. We also had a chance to learn a little Macedonian...a language few students knew, to give us empathy for our students...boy is it hard:)
Outside of school, I took some time to discover the city a little bit...touring the Gothic quarter, Born District, La Rambla and the waterfront. The architecture is very unique and the city is so beautiful! It's amazing to see all the old buildings and to enjoy a meal or a drink in plazas outside of the old cathedrals and buildings! I am definitely in Europe!
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