Spanish Class

Our week has a somewhat structured feel to it, given that we´re on vacation. This is primarily because of the Spanish classes, which we have daily from 9 until 1. The basic format is that every hour the teacher changes, 2 hours of grammar and 2 of conversation. The classes are pretty enjoyable, but I think perhaps they´re too easy. That is, it´s easy for me to sit there and feel like I´m understanding and learning, but in reality it´s too passive, there´s not enough forced interactions, so some of the concepts, while understood, aren´t necessarily learned well enough to use.

Part of this is because the classes are a little bigger than expected: 6 people, which doesn´t give much time for talking per hour in a conversation class.

On the plus side, I quite like the people in the class. My class, the intermediate/advanced class, is half Brazillian, 2 brothers and a life-long friend of theirs, who are all in their early 20´s and come to class directly from dancing all night. Still, they´re sometimes more awake than I, and our conversations, both in and out of class, are very engaging.

Hopefully more of this in another post. Although I enjoy journaling/blogging, it´s harder than I´d think to find time. In part, this is because I want to add photos.

Becky´s out shopping, so I figured I´d post for a bit, look up some hotels, etc. Plus, my feet are tired!