Exploring and Learning :)

Some random things I have learned
 1. Dora the Explorer was popular here too, except she speaks Spanish and learns English--Say What?!
 2. There is no word for "80" in French, there merely say "20x4" in French when referencing it...hmm?  No one can really explain why this is though.

Tuesday I did my homework at a secret spot I found near my house.  I found a nice rock to climb out onto overlooking the ocean and I actually found it fun to do my homework with such great scenery.  Only problem I had was the wind almost blowing my homework into the ocean---that would have been interesting to try to explain to my teacher!

Wednesday night we had dinner with another family friend.  He used to live in Palma with his family, until the airlines he piloted for went bankrupt.  He has now moved with his family to Qatar.  I enjoyed listening to the table converation this time, because I'm actually starting to understand what they are saying!  Not everything, but enough to not be so lost all the time!  Woot!

Thursday night I left a little early from my english teaching to make it into the city by 8 for tapas night with my class.  We went to a tapas restaurant called Lizaran (Sp?).  It was fabulous, we had pinchos which are like bigger tapas that are on bread and held together with a little stick.  We had a very enjoyable eveing getting to know each other and practicing our spanish.  After, we decided to move to another place that was quieter for more talking.  It was the perfect eveing of friend and food and I was just very thankful to actually have some friends :)  You can learn so much by talking to foreigners, and in turn, you can share insight about what it is really like in the states.

Friday I was really tired in class from staying out later than usual the night before.  It was the last day of class for a couple of our classmates, so we made a plan to get lunch together after class.  We went to a classy restaurant, and it was neat because we just learned how to order food in Spanish.  The group tested the water with ordering and I would say that we did pretty good!  We spent a few hours chatting and enjoying each other's company.  It was really pleasant.  I made it back to the house just in time for our lessons, so I would say it was a pretty good day.

Saturday :)  Today I finally got to check out the beach.  Perfect weather in the high 60s, bluest sky I've ever seen!  I left around 1pm to walk to the beach--30-45 minute walk, but I meandered in and out of shops on my way so it took longer.  I finally found the perfect pair of sunglasses to buy, and then headed towards the water.  I set up my little spot and spent a couple hours resting, listening to music, and reading.  I also did a lot of people watching (Europeans are interesting to me).  After catching rays, I headed back out to the main street, and walked another 20ish minutes to Port o Pio--the mall that I went to on my first day with the family.  I checked out the cinema (movie theater) and I saw that they were showing Pitch Perfect (favorite movie at the momentt) in spanish, Dandos la Nota.  It started an hour later, so I shopped around some more and then headed back to see the film.  It was fun to try to translate it, and it helped that I know a lot of the lines in the movie.  I also was thinking, these ppl from other countries watch all of our American films, always dubbed with Spanish speakers for the words.  They never really get to hear the actors real voice?  Hmm.....

Tomorrow (Sunday) we are going sailboating!  Super excited!