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Leon!

September 15th, 2011 secain13

Hola,

I am officially in Leon! The four of us took a train from Pamplona along with the kids who are studying in Coruña, because Leon is a stop along the way. The word stressful is an understatement when you have a handful of people each with 2 large suitcases attempting to get on the train and store their luggage, with very limited time to do so. It was like a puzzle attempting to fit all of these suitcases in the very limited storage available. Despite this chaos, after four hours on the train, the four of us HC students were greeted by Mercedes, our program director, and our host families at the train station. I am living with a 60 year old woman whose children are older and living on their own. I was brought to the apartment with my luggage and was showed around my room and the apartment. It felt nice to finally be able to completely unpack, rather than just living out of a suitcase for 3 weeks. The apartment is very nice and it’s pretty close to the center of the city, so it’s very convenient. My favorite part has to be the balcony, which overlooks the street and boutiques below. I was definitely anxious and nervous to finally be arriving in Leon, and even though it still feels strange that I’m actually here, I’m sure that it will just take some getting used to.

Leon is without a doubt a beautiful city; it’s pretty small but there are a lot of people and tons of things to do here.  The size of the city makes it really easy to meet up with everyone and to get from place to place. It feels really nice to start to get a sense of where everything is located and I’m really looking forward to knowing the city well this year. During the past week, we’ve been busy exploring the sights; its a small city, but there are so any different things to see!

The Cathedral

San Marcos- A former monastery and hospital in Leon that has been converted to a hotel and museum

Casa de Botines- Designed by Antoni Gaudi, now it serves as a Spanish bank

The Barrio Humedo, or “wet district”- where the bars and clubs are centered in Leon

Plaza Mayor

We don’t officially start classes at the university until September 27th, so until then we have some grammar and language classes and some tours of the city. I just recently picked out my classes for the year: I’ll be taking one year long grammar and culture class, 2 Spanish literature classes, and I will also be able to fulfill some of my common requirements by taking social sciences, history, and philosophy. It’s somewhat intimidating to know that ALL of my classes will be in Spanish but our advisers assured us that previous students have taken many of the same courses. Overall, I’m anxious to begin classes and I am really looking forward to meeting some of the university students.

Talk to you soon!

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