a few more things...

Well, today I had to describe my favorite fruit, animal and sport to my family because they had never heard of them. The only sport that people play here is Futbol (soccer). For boys, if you don't like soccer, you don't have friends. Girls on the other hand, are not expected to be good at anything involving physical activity so they prefer to sit and watch.

I showed Silvia and her mom a picture of a lacrosse player and told them how it is played. They were AMAZED. Then I showed them pictures of blueberries. In Zaragoza, they only eat berries in jam. They had no idea what blueberries, rasberries and blackberries were! I told them that my favorite fruit was little and blue and they died laughing. Apparently they had never even thought that blue fruits existed. I showed them pictures and they had really never seen them before!

Next I showed a picture of an otter, my favorite animal. Silvia responded with the frequently used Zaragozan term, "Que mahico!" It means "How cute!"

Another interesting thing happened today... India and I have been going to the gym to get in shape for lacrosse and crew. In Zaragoza, nobody speaks English very well and we like to use that to our advantage. We can talk about whatever we want and whoever we want as long as we talk fast! It's so fun! But in the gym today, a guy walked past who looked around twenty, and heard us talking. He back-pedaled to where we were standing and said, "YOU SPEAK ENGLISH?!" He told us that he was studying abroad in Spain for a year and he doesn't speak any Spanish! He lives in Colorado and we got to talk about American things! It was so fun to talk to someone who understood our accents!

Well tomorrow is Saturday, which means pizza and discotechas! India and I plan on showing everyone how to do the Thriller dance. When we asked what we should wear for the party, everyone said, "guapa." So all we know is that we have to look pretty... it is hard to look pretty when you have to wear a down coat everywhere and you can't really pull off the leggings look like Claudia and Silvia. Well I guess I'll have to plan tomorrow, I am seriously sleep deprived at the moment.