On Wednesday I felt more comfortable. I moved into my apartment and unpacked. I went to the supermarket to buy a few groceries. I had to buy bottled water because Patricia told me that I should not drink the tap water, and that I shouldn’t even use it to make tea. So I bought water and a few other groceries. They even had fuji apples, so I bought a few of those too. On Wednesday, school ends at 2, so I met up with the other teachers at a café for a glass of wine and then Patricia made me lunch at her apartment. We had fried eggs, bread, fried potatoes, asparagus and chorizo (Spanish sausage). It was absolutely delicious!
Yesterday was a gorgeous day, it was warm and fairly sunny so they showed me some of the beaches nearby. It was interesting at one of the beaches when you walked along the wooden path on the one side was the beach and the sea, and on the other side was a farm. The beaches were beautiful and fairly empty since the summer season is over. I said that I love to collect sea glass in the US and they told me there is a beach “La Playa de Cristales” in Laxe which is full of sea glass and they said they would take me there sometime. We went to a park that overlooks the ocean and watched the sun go down which was absolutely beautiful.
Sunset in Laxe
I went back to my apartment after watching the sunset and watched a movie on itunes on my computer and went to bed. I wasn’t even hungry for dinner since every time I’m with the teachers they’re insisting I eat, eat, eat, so it was nice to be able to go to my own apartment and take a break from so much food.
Today I’m taking care of some practical things. I went to the bank to take out money this morning and this afternoon the teachers are taking me to a town a little ways off to buy a cell phone. I sat in my apartment to write all of these posts so that when I went to the café I would have a fair amount battery life left in my computer. Each day I feel a little less homesick than they day before and a little happier to be here. I’m looking forward to when I start working in the school as well as connecting with other Americans.
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