Our first full day of study began today at 8:30. We all headed to the Enforex where we met the leader of the Spanish department Isabella. She ran through some of the school rules and then informed us that we would be taking a test to place us into appropriate levels based on our abilities. The test was 80 questions long and took about half an hour. When we finished we were pulled aside for a short interview where we were asked how long we had been studying and what areas we would like to improve over the next week. Once everyone had finished we were separated into our groups and headed off to our first class. My first teacher was Teresa, in the class we all wrote out basic self-introductions and read them aloud to everyone else. She corrected us on grammar and made sure we were using the correct tenses. Teresa had a hard time pronouncing some of the names in our group which was really funny and she also couldn’t believe that we go to school for over six hours in Australia it didn’t make sense to her! At 10:50 we broke for a 20-minute recess and then returned to class with a different teacher. My second teacher was Alexia in her class we did different activities to learn different types of food. At 1:00 we left school for the day and headed home for lunch and a siesta. At 4:00 we met Alexia outside of the Enforex and she took us on a tour of Salamanca. On the tour we saw the two Cathedrals which were so beautiful and the details in the stone was so incredible. At one of the entrances to a church there was a large stone wall across from the university and it has engravings all over it and on it. On the wall there is a tiny frog that you have to find and it is said that if you find this frog you will have good luck on your exams. When we got to the wall there were lots of people looking as well and once one person spotted ‘la rana’ (the frog) everyone seemed to find it too. To end our tour Alexia walked us all to the Plaza Mayor where we were dismissed for the day ready to go home, have dinner and get ready to do it all again tomorrow! Even though it was super cold and it rained Salamanca was still muy bonita. Adios!
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