First day of school

Oh boy, I'm wiped out! This morning I woke up feeling like a little kid. Back to school after a good long summer. Well, the weather here in Sevilla is much warmer than Granada. I had already resigned myself to the coming autumn and here I am, sweating with the 37 degrees we are having. Phew!

Anyway, so I made my way to school. We were welcomed by our main teachers, Miguel Vargas and Esperanza Fernández. Afterwards, Miguel made us dance hard core for two hours to find out our levels. Turns out I might try for the intermediate class. We got our schedules and I'm going to be a busy girl. I have 5 technique classes a week, 3 choreography classes, 5 singing classes (yeah!), 3 ballet classes, 3 castanet classes and 2 bata de cola classes. Whew. I'm going to have to get some dance clothes for all this. And ballet shoes, castanets and a bata...! Although I'm still sceptical how the school will be, I'm looking very much forward to have so many intensive classes in the many categories I lack training.

We are 9 students in all. I already met another girl from Switzerland and took her to Mercadona, my favorite Spanish supermarket, for some power-food-shopping. Carmen graciously made me some space in her kitchen.

After that I went and walked for a long time, searching for the perfect bicycle. The second-hand bikes I saw didn't fit me and renting cost too much for 9 months. So I went to see if there were any affordable new bikes around. I finally found this beauty:

I'm in love. Carmen told me I was completely crazy. But I don't care. I missed having a bike sooo much and the increased life quality a good bike gives me is well worth the money. Of course I got a very good chain for it too.

So I feel a bit more settled already. Sevilla here I come!