Espana...

after three days here i feel like i lived here my whole life. the city, although at times overwhelming, is in its own way very beatiful. the people here love life and having a great time. walking through the winding streets and small alleys ways is an adventure in itself. my family is wonderful. There is my new mom, Senora Garcia, and my new brothers: Ruben (23) and Kiny (13) we have lots of fun. My roomate is from ireland. He´s a craic (a gaelic word, pronounced "crack" means cool or fun) lad. We compare the US and Ireland a lot and have been teaching each other the local lingo like "jank" or "ridic" which r now his favorite words. There are also 2 other chicos from france named Sasha and Christophe, but i dont see them much.
After the strenous plane rides, which at times were fun but were really long, i enjoyed an awesome first day with my family. My senora took me home and immediately i became a part of their family. I have eaten soooooooooooo much. my new mom feeds me 24/7 and always talks about how little i eat. I love spanish food though so i might come back to the US muy gordo. the first day i spent here was fun and .....interesting. The first time i met my roomate Emmet he was with the police in my hallway. I had no idea what he had done but my senora motioned for me to come into the hall too. Emmet had had his backpack stolen when he was on the beach and b/c he couldnt speak spanish very well, i had to translate. then i went down to the police station to help him report the incident. talk about exciting. later my new spanish brother kiny took me and emmet to meet his friend carlos who was halarious. we watched the movie night in the museum two in spanish. Afterwards we played futbol in the street. it was fun. the second day we went to class, which are ok. I think im going to learn more from speaking spanish in real life and with my family. we toured old cadiz and saw the many plazas and fountains. We also went shopping and i bought some awesome spanish clothes (muy expensive). the third day we saw flamenco which was pretty intense. i love it here: the people, the food, the lifestyle...everything just seems prefect and my spanish is getting better daily and sometimes spanish words come to my mind more quickly than english.
Hasta luego,
Bracey