Maria comes to visit!!

My cousin is here for a few days!! I am very excited to have her; I’ve been purposely saving some of my tourist plans for this weekend so that she will be able to go with me. Last night I went out for dinner with Maria and Kate, my roommate. We went to 100 Montaditos, a typical Spanish chain store where you write down your order on a list and had it to the cashier. It’s 1,00 € for a sandwich, (Tiny sandwiches) and 1,50 € for a glass of wine or beer. Then we went to one of our typical language exchanges, I think we all enjoyed it. I go to these exchanges quite often and know a lot of people at them. =)

Today I am going to lug my large computer to school for my decision making class because I am afraid I can´t put it off any longer. I need to be interactive in class and I´ve been just taking notes but it´s getting too difficult, I need my computer there. Fortunately dad has been able to get a hold of a small computer for me and it should be here soon….. Maria told me how much she loves hers. I will still have to use my mouse because now that I use a mouse it´s hard to get back in the habit of using the little finger pad. (The finger pad on my current computer is slightly broken making it difficult to use).

I read some of Maria´s blog, her English is much better than mine. I write a sentence and I have to go back and correct my grammar, my grammar is so terrible now. I should really start making an honest attempt to write more in English.

My friend Ramon is going to take my cousin out for a walk so that should be fun for her; Ramon is really excited because he gets to practice his English with someone who doesn´t speak Spanish. It really does make a difference because it forces you to try and say things without just asking for a translation. I believe that really is the best way to learn a language. I talked to Maria about how to practice languages in a country sometimes the best way is to speak in another language so that they don´t realize you speak English. For example, if I ever go to France it would be ideal to speak in Spanish so that they direct their word to me in French rather than falling back onto English.