TUESDAY
I’m writing all this a week later so we’ll see how much I can remember, and how much I can capture how amazing each day was. We had an excursion after class and went to a clinic called MUPRESA. It was an organization that studied accidents and figured out ways to prevent them (by creating new technologies and stuff). If I wasn’t exhausted and super hungry I think I would have liked it a lot more, but I’d like to do more research on the company because it would be SO COOL to have some kind of internship or work experience with them. It also goes relatively well with BMED. So we’ll see…
The school we go to is a Colegio (but don’t get confused, it’s not actually a college). It’s a catholic K-12 school, so not only do we stand out as Americans but we’re also much older than most of the kids that attend. During snack time today we played tag and “down by the banks” with a group of kids that seem to think we’re a zoo that came to visit their school. Some of them finally decided to talk to us, and it ended up being a lot of fun.
After comida Emily and I went to the beach. It was nice to relax by ourselves for a while because it’s something we don’t get to do very often. As we were walking back, we saw people kite surfing farther down the beach and decided to go check it out. It was SO COOL. I’ve never seen kite surfing before, and I had no idea that you could fly while doing it. The more talented people stay air-born for a good 5 seconds… it was amazing. Emily and I made our first bold move of the day and went and asked one of the girls where we could rent equipment. The old guy who was talking to her was kind of brisk and stand-offish and laughed at us, but he said we could take classes at a school if we wanted. I looked up lessons and the only ones I can find are in Tarif for 60 euros. And we don’t have another free day… but we’ll see.
That night we went to see a flamenco performance. Apparently it was a more local dance studio, and it was nothing like I expected (which was kind of a relief. Because I thought I was gonna have to dance too). The music was really weird and Spanish and there were only 3 dancers. They wore crazy dresses and stomped their feet a lot, but the coolest part was how they continued to cheer each other on the whole time. Apparently it’s all improv? But I don’t think that’s true. We walked back and I had to do school work :/ But even that couldn’t keep the day from being absolutely incredible.
Highlight: Watching windsurfers, seeing flamenco, and the beach. Full day of culture.
WT Tip #7: Embrace and participate in the native customs, no matter how strange they seem.
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