Thoughts on Spain

¡Hola!

I leave for Spain in three days and I am starting to get very eager to be done with all this waiting and just go. This will be my second time going to Spain, but my first time living there! I am so excited to enhance my Spanish language skills as well as learn about the culture and people of Spain.

My emotions about the trip are all over the place: I am anxious to meet my host family and see what they will be like, I am nervous that I will forget to pack something important, I am sad to leave my family, but mostly I am looking forward to all the new things I will learn and adventures I will have while in Spain!

I am sure the hardest part about living in Spain will be relying on my ability to speak Spanish. It wont be like speaking Spanish in a class where you can stop half way through a sentence and ask the teacher how to say something. I will have to figure out ways to say what I want and adjust to the language quickly.

While doing the study abroad program I hope to gain strong Spanish skills and an understanding for the Spanish culture.

See you in Spain,

Rosie