Since Granada...

View of Cádiz from el Torre (the Tower)
I can Salsa dance!!! (kind of)...
GO CADIZ!!!!!!!!
Hey Everyone!!

Sorry I haven't posted in so long. It has been a mixture of being really busy, really lazy, and a little sick. SO I am just going to talk about what has been going on since Granada. I haven't done anymore traveling unfortunately because all of us are really trying to save money for... wait for it... LONDON!!!!!! That is right! I bought a plane ticket a few days ago and from Dec. 3-7 I will be in London. I am so so excited and I know I am going to want to do a lot of shopping and stuff so I am trying to be very good with my money.

As most of you know, I got that other teaching job with English for Living, an English academy here in Cadiz. I like it a lot but it is A LOT of work! Right now, I am covering for a teacher that is out because she had an operation so I am teaching 5 separate classes right now. It is a little overwhelming at the moment because I am REALLY not used to lesson planning, classroom management, etc. (any ideas Josh??) but I am confident I will get the hang of it. I think the hardest class to teach is the adults because I never account for how fast they are able to pick up topics and stuff and then I get stuck with 30 minutes of class time and nothing to do... kind of intimidating but I am up for the challenge! It is a lot of work but I will have lots of money to Christmas shop! Yay! And maybe if I am responsible enough I can save for a fun trip to Paris or something. When things settle down though, I will be teaching 2 classes (one kids and one adults) which will come out to be 5 hours per week.

When I am not working I am literally trying anything and everything new that I can. Abbey and I started taking Salsa dancing lessons at this one Salsa club in Chiclana (a city close to Cadiz). As if we don't stand out enough, we were obviously THE WORST dancers in the club. By far. But it was still really fun and something new! We went with our friend Sandra that Abbey met in the school she teaches in. I also tried out oriental dancing at this one place called Nahu that we go to a lot. It was interesting, but I don't think I have to do it again. I also went to my first soccer game! It was really fun! Not as crazy as the ones you see on TV, like Madrid and Barcelona, but the fans are still very hardcore. Cadiz is a 2nd division team so they aren't nearly as big as other teams like Madrid, but the atmosphere was still amazing! They fans were literally chanting and singing the entire time. It was fun, up until I realized that when there is a tie in soccer (and it is a regular season game), they don't keep playing. It's just a tie. And everyone goes home. Kind of annoying but still a fun tim! (See pic above).

This past weekend my friend Mel came to visit Abbey and I. It was a little crazy! We ended up going out till 7 AM on Friday and as you can imagine we weren't very productive. Saturday night we went to El Puerto de Santa María to go to some clubs over there. We met up with a few guys that my friend Megan knows. It was fun, but I prefer to stay in Cadiz. Then, on Sunday we took Mel on a little tour of Cadiz. We saw all of the important places and then made dinner and hung out at home. It was a really fun weekend but I definitely paid for it by being sick for 3 days. Don't worry though, I am feeling much better!

This weekend is going to be really low key. Both Abbey and I just got over being sick (oh the joys of sharing a bedroom) so we just kind of want to relax and take it easy. Also, we want to save our money and health for London! Abbey and I will be hosting an American style Thanksgiving dinner next Friday (because we don't get Thursday off... Surprising that Spanish people don't care as much about American colonization as we do right? haha) so we will be doing one Friday. We went to the market today and reserved a 10 kilo turkey for next thursday (thank you to my knowledge of obscure butcher shop-spanish!).

Well that is about all for now! Hope you guys have a GREAT Thanksgiving! I will try to blog again next weekend to tell you how mine went. I miss each and every one of you and I am SOOOOOOOOO excited to see you guys over Christmas!!!

Besos!!