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/

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Short post on frenchies

Estoy muy sueno porque es muy tarde pero he prometido darle información sobre los 'frenchies' y por eso yo voy a escribir un poco para mantener mi promesa. Los franceses son muy diferentes que los españolas. Ellos son muy tímidos y tranquilos y no le gustan hablar a nadie excepto a sus compañeros franceses. Ellos no saben mucho de español ni de ingles entonces, nadie puede entender ellos. En nuestro clase tenemos siete chicos franceses. La mayoridad de ellos son tranquilos pero hay una chica que, pues... no tengo mucho palabras maja para describirla. Ella es catorce y tiene pelo corta y rubia. Ella siempre esta hablando y cuando ella no esta hablando esta haciendo ruido. Por ejemplo ella le gusta hacer un sonido con sus labios, casi como si estuviera escupiendo... pero no... Sola que acaba de causar una interrupción en la clase. Que tonta! pero bueno, ella esta expresando a su mismo... Este jueves, Maddie y yo vamos a una excursión con todos los franceses a los pirineos montanas, no puedo esperar! Pues es muy tarde, y yo quiero dormir... Mañana escuela empieza a las nueve y quince, Mas tiempo para dormir! jajaaja

I am very tired but I did promise to give you an update on the french, but I will make it quick because I want to go to bed and keep my promise! The 'Frenchies' are very different from the Spainards. For one thing they are much quieter and more shy than the spanish. They don't like to speak to anyone except their own friends. They don't speak spanish or english very well, so no one really understands them. In our class we have seven of these french students, (there are fourteen in total), who like to sit in the back of the classroom and babble away in rapid french. The majority of these kids are quiet, but one girl is the prickly red rose in a field of thornless, yellow, tulips (there's always one). She is fourteen and has blond short hair. She smokes cigarettes and enjoys making trouble. She is ALwAYS talking! The rare moments when she is not talking she finds other ways to be noisy. For example, she likes to do this thing with her lips, almost like she is spitting... but no she's just causing a distraction. She also brought a two liter bottle of Coke to school and she just sits in the back of the classroom twisting the cap on and off so it will make a 'ssssss' noise that always turns heads. How annoying! She is definately playing her exchange student card... because I can tell that she knows that none of her shenanigans will put her into serious trouble. I guess in ways it's good... I mean she's expressing her individuality for sure... Well this thursday Maddie and I are going on a field trip to the pirineos Mountains, I am definatley excited. I know I will have funny stories to tell when I come back! Well it's late, and I want to go to bed! So talk to you later! Ciao
p.s. Every.Single.Day. I eat potatoes and greens for lunch... I think I need to redefine vegetarianism to the school, because I know a few more days of this might just make me sick.

1 comment:

  1. Find some beans,nuts, cheese,tofu or even eggs.

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