Conversations

Monday was just a really nice day filled with a lot of Spanish. At lunch, I started asking Feli about how long she has had students like me living with her, and that got her talking for a very long time about past students that were just a nightmare. I am surprised she still let's people stay with her from some of the stories she told, but she said she has had some marvelous people too, so I guess it balances out.

One of the girls was extremely overweight and hardly left the apartment. She ate an extreme amount, forcing Feli to charge her double on the food bill as if there were two people staying there. She also had broken the bed because of her extreme weight.

She also had another twenty year old that wet the bed every night. I'm trying not to think about the fact that it could still be the same matress...

Others would come home every night drunk and bring over friends and just act like they own the place. One girl came in so drunk and started the shower and left it on so long that it overflowed into the hallway.

On and on she told these stories. Poor Feli, she is so sweet.

Later we got to tour the original university classrooms. They were beautiful and it was very historic. Very interesting.

We had another group meeting with six of us and Dr. Torrico and Marisa. We went to a tiny little hidden place in an alley to get cheesecake. It was enjoyable just to talk and relax. I like NY cheesecake much better though.

Afterwards, a couple of us decided to walk around some more of the shops. I stopped at one of the street vendors to buy a bracelet for a friend and the vendor started talking to us, wondering what part of the states we were from. We eventually had to cut off our conversation with Marcos about thirty minutes later in order to get back to dinner on time. He was very easy to understand for some reason, and genuinely nice. We enjoyed talking to him very much.

While walking home, we ran into a man and his pig walking the streets. It was pretty cute, the pig was on a leash and all, just like all of the dogs. We all got our pictures taking with the 9 month old pig. I didn't expect to see a pig on the busy streets of Salamanca. I guess you never know what you're going to come across!