By Kent Truckor – Guest Blogger studying in Valencia, Spain
It is Friday and I have finished my third week of classes at the school in Valencia. Currently we are working on vocab with food and parts of the body. I have heard it numerous times now that one of the keys to speaking Spanish is knowing as many verbs as you can because it seems the language revolves around them. I would agree with this and continue to try to learn new verbs each day. The only tricky part is that there are thousands to behold, haha. Either way, class is going well and this morning I got the opportunity to watch Lord of the Rings in Spanish. I love the movies and watched them in English back home so it was interesting to watch them in Spanish and consider it a type of "studying".
For this weekend, plans are yet to be determined. Valencia has an extensive amount of Museums of which I would like to visit a few. There is always the beach that clearly is a crowd favorite of the Valencians as well as the number of students and tourists here currently. In addition, there are numerous bars and restaurants to frequent for hunger or thirst. A mix of each of these makes for a good weekend in my eyes.
One of these weekends, I would like to escape the city and get out to the rural parts of Spain and some of the pueblos that lie outside the hustle and bustle of city life. I am from a very small rural community so living in a good size city is something new for me. I like it but yet I miss the slower pace of the country and the more relaxed atmosphere. Not to mention the beauty of the landscapes you can find in the country. I have heard that there are a few sites such as a great castle not far from the city by bus or train that I think it would be worth making the trek to so at some point this will have to be accomplished. As for now, exploring the city is something that will hold my interest for a while because there are many things to do and see.
All for now – will keep you posted on the events of the weekend and the success I have testing out my new language skills with people of the area!
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