Update

This post is going to be short, I just want to say a few things.

First, I told you that I had finished the training course for teaching English and I was assigned a class already. I will be teaching a 13 year old girl in a very nice part of town north of where I live. I teach her every Tuesday and Thursday from 5 30 to 6 30. I was supposed to begin today, or at least I thought, but when I arrived at the house, the mother said that I was beginning after the break. We have Thursday and Friday off from school and everyone travels during this time. I guess she didn't want to have one class and then wait a week for the next. I think this girl has a fairly good grasp of English already because she has requested 30 min of grammar and 30 min of conversation. Can you believe that, I get paid to talk to her for 30 min, in my native language none the less. As soon as I finish the 10 internship teaching hours, this teaching gig will be worth every penny. I do actually have to do work, so it's not all fun and games. I prepare lesson plans and games and topics of discussion. I will let you guys know how it goes after my first class.

As for this trip I am taking this weekend, things have changed a little. We originally planned on renting a car and driving along the coast of Portugal until we found surf but I don't think that is possible anymore. Although it would be an amazing and beautiful drive, I can't afford to rent a car when I could easily get to most cities in Portugal for half the price or less. So far all that is planned is our tickets to Cádiz. We are going to try to surf there for a day and then figure out what we want to do, who knows, we might spend the whole weekend in Cádiz if the surf is good.

I have added a few more pictures to the Madrid photo album and I have added one more photo of my room with all my stuff in it. Next time you here from me, will be sometime next week.


Patton