Thank you very much for your last e-mail. I was very surprised to hear from you. I’m fine, thanks. And you? How are you?
Now, I'm here in Spain for 5 weeks and I’m enjoying it very much.
I live in Banyoles in the north-east of Spain. Banyoles is part of Catalonia and the people here don’t speak Spanish. They speak Catalan. First it was very difficult to understand something. But Catalan is very similar to Spanish and French and now, after a few weeks, I understand it better. And if I don’t understand something people are very helpful and explain it to me in Spanish.
I’m living in a big family with 5 children. They are very nice. My brothers and sisters here in Spain are between 3 and 15 years old. I'm not bored in no case.
Of course I also have to go to school. Every day, from 8 am to 2 pm, I'm going to a Spanish secondary school. It is quite exhausting, because I have to concentrate a lot to understand and for the homework I need a lot of time, because I have to translate a lot. But I like to learn a new language and I think in a few weeks it would be easier.
Life in Spain is very different from the life in Switzerland, particularly with regard to mealtimes. Lunch in Switzerland is at 12 o’clock. Here in Spain about 3 pm. And dinner in Switzerland is at about 6 or 7 pm. On the other hand, here in Spain, is about 10 pm. First it was a little bit difficult to habituate to the new rhythm, but now it’s very normal for me.
Hope you enjoyed your autumn holidays! Wish you were here to enjoy this great weather in Spain!
Write soon! What’s new?
Love,
Lea
PS: What was your topic in the project week at school? Did you like it?
