It's Maddie and India, preparing for our month-long adventure in Zaragoza, Spain. For almost a year now we have been planning to attend Zaragoza's own Sacred Heart, Sagrado Corazon. We will be spending the first hours of 2010 on a plane traveling 3664 miles away from home. We are prepared to face the inevitable language barrier as Gringas (Americans) in Spain. With the help of six years of Spanish classes and the occasional glance at our Spanish-English dictionaries, we hope to learn and enjoy the people, culture and food of Zaragoza.

Colegio Sagrado Corazon de Jesus: The school we will be attending.

http://www.fsbarat.org/

Saturday, January 16, 2010

La Luna



En la clase de la semana pasada, estábamos hablando sobre el medio ambiente. La clase votó que los Estados Unidos fue el peor país en la protección del medio ambiente. En Zaragoza, la gente está trabajando muy duro para conservar la energía. Todas las luces, los fregaderos y duchas públicas se apagará automáticamente para conservar el agua y la energía. El papel higiénico viene en hojas en lugar de rollos de lo que no uso mucho. Ellos usan secadores de manos en lugar de toallas de papel. Toda persona que recicla su papel en la escuela, y en apartamentos durante el día, todas las luces están apagadas y que usan el sol para iluminar las habitaciones.

En la clase de Inglés, estábamos hablando de los primeros hombres en la Luna. La profesora le dijo a mi clase de la que algunas personas creen que los americanos en la Luna fue todo un truco. Sé que algunas personas creen que nunca hemos llegado a la luna, pero todo el grupo pensó que era falso! Todos pensaban que los Estados Unidos le mintió al mundo. Yo no lo podía creer!

In class last week, we were talking about the environment. The class voted that the United States was the worst country in environmental protection. In Zaragoza, the people are working so hard to conserve energy. All of the lights, sinks and showers public turn off automatically to conserve water and energy. The toilet paper comes in sheets instead of rolls so you do not use too much! It's so cool. They use hand dryers instead of paper towels. Every person recycles their paper at school, and in apartments during the day, all of the lights are off and they use the sun to light the rooms.

Also, in English class, we were talking about the first men on the moon. The teacher told my class that some people believed that the americans on the moon was all a trick. I know that some people believe that we never made it to the moon, but the entire class thought that too! They all believed that the united states lied to the world. I could not believe it!

Other than that, the week was relatively normal and slightly boring. Today though, I am going to Silvia's pueblo! Every one in Zaragoza has a village where they travel to in the summer and on weekends. It is the small town where one of their parents were born. Silvia's pueblo is called Aragon and it is an hour away. India has to travel and hour and a half to hers. I am sort of nervous because they know EVERYONE who lives there. I will be giving out lots of kisses of the cheeks and awkward introductions. But it should be fun and I get to meet everyone at a party/gathering tonight. I have to go pack my stuff now to sleep-over at their house in Aragon.

Hopefully it will all go well!
p.s. If anyone wants to learn how to cry on command, just rub some blistex in your eye. I just did accidently and I have tears streaming down my face

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