Hello beautiful people!
I have extremely busy ever since my most recent move to Aranjuez! I am now living with an American who works in the company and her family. What a beautiful family she has - three sons and a precious baby girl. All of them speak just enough English to be able to practice with us, and we get to have wonderful Spanish practice. Her husband also cooks the most miraculous dinners - the freshest gazpacho, the most succulent chorizo, the meats are to die for, and we have the freshest fruit for dessert every night. The family also blesses the table and gives thanks to God before every meal which is so comforting! On Tuesday I got to go to her sons' music concert that was the most precious thing I have ever seen. Imagine an elementary school auditorium filled with about 30 children dressed as pirates and the stage decorated like a pirate ship. Then imagine a play all about a pirate expedition in Spanish complete with songs from the piano, guitar, and a rock band. It lasted 2 and a half hours, but I loved every minute of it! The rock band even sang songs in English which was SO fascinating. I'll have more comments about the presence of globalization here soon!
Aranjuez is the safest city in Spain, did you know that?? It is a medium sized city outside of Madrid and it's in the valley so guess what...it's GREEN!!! Yes, lots of trees and grassy parks. This weekend Kaitlyn and I are going to explore the Royal Palace and its gorgeous gardens. Oh yes, Aranjuez has a Royal Palace, AND you can see the palace from the house. The house I am staying in is at the top of the hill so I can see the entire city and the mountains. I also still get to be with golden retrievers - two of them actually! Luna is 9 years old and Osita is 3 years old. Osita means "teddy bear" in English!
My job is starting to get really interesting!! I am doing research for the company about their competition in digital innovation, and I also got to translate bible stories from an entire textbook for 4th level Primary and simplify the English. So, I basically got to do the initial writing of the text - so cool!! I am also translating interactive activities online for secondary level textbooks. My thesis research is going swimmingly - such a miracle that I got to come here and have so many wonderful, enriching interviews.
Oh! I have to tell you all about a miracle that happened yesterday. The lady we are living with had to go to a conference for the day yesterday and said she would pick us up around 5pm. Well 6:30pm rolled around and we still hadn't heard from her, so we decided that we needed to take public transport home. We walked outside and right as we got to the driveway, she pulled up!! That saved us about 2 hours of time on public transport home. Miracle?? You better believe it!!
To close out my blog post, I would like to mention the miracle of Spain's VICTORY yesterday!! I love watching the EuroCup here!! Pictures of Aranjuez to come soon as well as my musings on the cultural aspects of Spain!!
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