Aqui es un fuente en una plaza que es en frente de la parque San Francisco. Cuando yo estaba en esta plaza, un grupo de personas vestidos en ropas antiguos comecarem a tocar musica y bailar.

Martes de Campo

Ayer yo tive el oportunidad a experimentar mia primeira dia de fiesta en Espana. Martes de Campo es un dia muy interesante y es muy diferente para nosotros americanos. Olga, con quien yo estoy vivendo, me dio bollo de chorizo para llevar conmigo. Yo me senti numa silla e bebi um coca cola enquanto comia mi bollo con chorizo. Despues de comer mi bollo, yo fui para el parque San Francisco. En la parque, yo vi muchas personas espanolas vestido en ropas elegantes. Tambien yo escuchai muchas grupos musicales tocando instrumentos. Me gostai mia primeira experiencia con martes de campo e yo espero que un dia voy tener mas! Cuando yo Chegei de la parque para cenar, Olga me doi comida muy buena para comer. Enquanto nosotros comemos, conversamos sobre mi dia. Yo creio que ahora yo estoy hablando un pouquito mejor. Yo tengo una idea para poder hablar mejor, que todos los dias yo voy leer un libro en voz alta para praticar. Yo penso que esto vai ajudar bastante e Olga concordo conmigo. Yo quero comprar un libro que seria facil de comprender, entonces voy comprar Harry Potter!

My first exposure to the city of Oviedo, Spain was watching Woody Allen's 2008 film Vicky, Christina, Barcelona. In the film, a Spaniard by the name of Juan Antonio convinces two girls studying in Barcelona for the summer, Vicky and Christina, to fly to Oviedo with him for the weekend. I have a feeling my experience will be slightly different than theirs, which is probably a good thing. But I do know that I will look back at my time in Spain as an extremely rewarding experience no matter what. I have been immersed in a different culture before, so I feel like I have a little bit of an upper hand when it comes to that. "Culture Shock" is not something I can see myself suffering from when I first get to Spain, so I am ready to dive in head first! Since I am a fluent Portuguese speaker, I don't think I will struggle with the language too much. I do, however, wonder if my knowledge of Portuguese will be somewhat of a hinderance at times. I know that sometimes I will get confused and jumble my Spanish with Portuguese, but over time I am confident that things will get better. I am ready to dedicate myself to gaining fluency in the Spanish language since that is one of the main reasons I chose to do this study abroad. I also plan to not shave the entire time I am in Europe, so I am hoping to come home with a beard similar to that of Zach Galifianakis. Who knows, Oviedo may just become my permanent home if there continues to be Icelandic volcano eruptions!