Days 2 and 3

Holaaaa!  I figured I should try to update while I have some spare time and write about yesterday and today!  Yesterday (Sunday) was such a wonderful day!  We went on a tour of Tarragona - it is such a beautiful city with so much history and culture to offer.  I loved walking the cobblestone streets and looking at the views of the Mediterranean Sea...so beautiful (I will update pictures soon!)!  After walking around, our professors bought us all ice cream, which was so delicious!  I got cappuccino and it was so yummy...definitely will be going back to that place!  After, a bunch of us decided to go to the beach - we grabbed our stuff and took a bus to the "nicer" beach with the soft sand.  Oh my goodness, it was so stinkin' beautiful!  The sand was so soft and the ocean was gorgeous - I can't even put into words how beautiful of a view it was.  We spent the entire afternoon on the beach and of course I got a little sunburned...oops (I think we all did though).  After an afternoon in the sun, we went to dinner at the restaurant we eat at every night.  It's pretty good, but the food isn't as good as everyone has told me it is, which is surprising!  Dinner ended around 9:30, so we all headed back to the dorm to hang out.  We met some of the other Spanish residents in the hall and hung out with them outside for a good bit.  We even met a professional basketball player who is playing in the Olympics for the UK!  Holaaaa...that was so exciting!

This morning (Monday), we headed to the campus for a full day of orientation.  We met some of the program directors at the URV, got a tour of the campus, had lunch, and then listened to a presentation about our excursions and cultural activities.  It was a long day (6hrs) of sitting and constantly paying attention because everything is in Spanish, of course.  By the end of the day, everyone was dozing off because we are still adjusting to the 6 hour time difference.  Classes start tomorrow, which should be interesting!  I'm a little nervous just because everything is in Spanish which means I need to be continually paying attention and on top of it or else I will have no clue what is going on!  But, it is all part of the experience!  Tonight, we have dinner at the restaurant and then I think most of us will go to bed early due to being exhausted and starting class tomorrow.  That is everything for now, hopefully I will get some pictures posted soon!