Friday, March 6

We're having a good first week although some issues have arisen. School is going well. Yesterday we had coffee with our classmate, Jackie. Her husband, Alex, is a big Camino fan so he and Phil sat and talked about Caminos, while Jackie and I discussed a wide range of other topics. They were able to get a 6 month long-stay visa. Alex is working from home 3 days a week. Jackie goes to Spanish class, but they travel every weekend so she is often absent on Friday or Monday. She has okayed this with the school so periodically she is shifted to other class groups because she's missing a large amount of material each week.

Right now there are just the 3 of us in class. Today and Monday with Jackie gone, it will be just Phil and I unless another student joins.

We did learn to ride the bus this week as well. Jackie explained that you ask the driver for a multiple ride card. For about 11 or 12 dollars each, Phil and I got bus cards with 20 rides loaded so it is very economical. We can add rides if we want or need later.

We had a little trouble figuring out where to catch the bus home again. In fact one day we walked about 10 miles total to school, back again, then around town on a tour with the school and then wandering around looking for our stop to go home. We did find it, but we were pretty tired. Now we walk to school (2.4 miles, but downhill) and then ride the bus home uphill.

This weekend we plan to take a day trip to the nearby town of Lugo. It is a walled city and also has some museums with Roman ruins. We go by bus in the morning and return in the early evening so more on that in the next post.Weiterlesen