This week in class I taught about fall holidays in the english speaking world aka Halloween, Guy Fox Day, Bonfire Night and Thanksgiving. It was fun to see what the students already knew and then test their knowledge at the end with a little trivia game. Teaching "Trick or Treat Smell my feet" was also quite enjoyable! Spanish Translation below:
Truco o Trato
Huele mis pies
Dame algo bueno para comer
Si no lo haces, no me importar
Quitaré tu calzoncillos
Quite fun. This week I also started two more individual classes. One with a man who runs a regional radio station. Very interesting guy who has traveled all over the world. Also met his wife and friends Saturday afternoon as they were relaxing at the cafe below our piso. I was invited to sit down and have a cerveza and ended up eating lunch with them and learning about Mérida and the best places to go for tapas etc. Side note, Russel Crowe's character in the Gladiator is from Mérida!
My other new "students" are a set of triplets, 2 boys and a girl who are 5 years old. I'm going to do an hour a week with them, So we shall see how that pans out...most likely will be a bit crazy at first but I'm up the the challenge.
This weekend was once again fun and surprising. Friday night we ended up going to Badajoz, the biggest city in Extremadura which is about 35 mins from Mérida. We went to a place to eat then a few other spots where there was some live music too.
Saturday was Halloween and we had visitors from Zafra come to eat dinner and enjoy the night. We had a little gathering at our piso that was quite well attended. Myself and the two other girls I hang out with most dressed as Ancient Méridians aka Romans bc Mérida was the Roman Capital of the Iberian Peninsula way back when. We looked very good I must say even with Togas made out of bed sheets. We carried around mugs, mine saying "I Heart Mérida" as a way to tie the costume together. Overall a very fun night.
On Sunday we visited the Roman Museum in the morning and then rode the tourist train around Mérida, a fun little afternoon excursion.
Also this week Sara and I signed up for library cards and were able to take out some books and other materials. I am very excited to now be able to read some books in Spanish and have access to movies, cds and other materials at the library.
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