So the metros here play opera music. It's super fancy and waaay different than what I am used to in Hospitalet. I saw a drunk man vomit on the metro in Hospitalet once. No one ever talks in the metro in Valencia. I'm not even sure if people are breathing sometimes haha. The metros in Hospitalet are a party. Literally. I was used to people rapping for money, but now I listen to classical opera. It's definitely a change.
There is a little grandpa here that is just the best! We will call him Manolo. He is a Spanish man from Andulasia, and so his accent is so hard for me to understand. Everytime there is an "s" sound, he makes a "th" sound. Technically in the Spanish from Spain, you are only supposed to make a "th" sound for a certain number of "s" sounds, not every single one. But Manolo is just the best. He got baptized in April, I think. We visit him in his "campito", his little mini farm thing. It is probably the most Spanish experience I have had haha. This week when we went to visit him, he had made us bocadillos (sandwiches) with tortilla de patata (a typical Spanish dish) inside. The thing about bocadillos is that they are big. The bread here isn't like the bread in America. They are in bars, not loaves. Bars about two feet long. You can go to a panadería (bakery) and buy this bread freshly baked. It's amazing. Anyway, we ate bocadillos while Manolo put on Flamanco music and he also sang and danced Flamanco. All while in his Spanish campito. It was sooooo fun!
Anyway, this week was a good week! Lots of fun memories. It's actually my companion's birthday todag, and so we went to this amazing park! They have a giant Gulliver Man playset. Remember the story about the giant man who gets stranded on an island and these little people try to tie him down or something? Yeah, I don't remember it much either, but anyway, it's a giant man where they have made slides, rope courses, and stuff out of him. Super fun! Unfortunately, we forgot to take pictures... Well, I think this wraps it up for this week. Love you all! Stay safe! Remember that God loves you! And no matter what is happening in your life, He will never leave you. :)
-Hermana Clark :)
Ps- It got cold here for a couple days, and it was hilarious to watch everyone so confused. Some people were still wearing tank tops, some had puffy coats, etc. I saw one girl with short shorts and a puffy coat haha.
There is a little grandpa here that is just the best! We will call him Manolo. He is a Spanish man from Andulasia, and so his accent is so hard for me to understand. Everytime there is an "s" sound, he makes a "th" sound. Technically in the Spanish from Spain, you are only supposed to make a "th" sound for a certain number of "s" sounds, not every single one. But Manolo is just the best. He got baptized in April, I think. We visit him in his "campito", his little mini farm thing. It is probably the most Spanish experience I have had haha. This week when we went to visit him, he had made us bocadillos (sandwiches) with tortilla de patata (a typical Spanish dish) inside. The thing about bocadillos is that they are big. The bread here isn't like the bread in America. They are in bars, not loaves. Bars about two feet long. You can go to a panadería (bakery) and buy this bread freshly baked. It's amazing. Anyway, we ate bocadillos while Manolo put on Flamanco music and he also sang and danced Flamanco. All while in his Spanish campito. It was sooooo fun!
Anyway, this week was a good week! Lots of fun memories. It's actually my companion's birthday todag, and so we went to this amazing park! They have a giant Gulliver Man playset. Remember the story about the giant man who gets stranded on an island and these little people try to tie him down or something? Yeah, I don't remember it much either, but anyway, it's a giant man where they have made slides, rope courses, and stuff out of him. Super fun! Unfortunately, we forgot to take pictures... Well, I think this wraps it up for this week. Love you all! Stay safe! Remember that God loves you! And no matter what is happening in your life, He will never leave you. :)
-Hermana Clark :)
Ps- It got cold here for a couple days, and it was hilarious to watch everyone so confused. Some people were still wearing tank tops, some had puffy coats, etc. I saw one girl with short shorts and a puffy coat haha.
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