I’m so far behind this blog, currently sitting in my hotel room in Banos (Ecuador) waiting for 9am to roll around so I can go horse riding into the mountains, then white water rafting in the afternoon. Something tells me this delay is going to be a theme. We are so busy, all of the time, there’s very little time in South America for updates. Unlike Madrid. When we arrived back from Barcelona Rory and I had a week of Spanish language lessons to attend. We also booked a homestay which provedinterestingto say the least. Sunday night we arrived at the homestay to realise the the lady we were staying with (Maria, but we will call her crazy lady) knew no english, and at this point we knew no Spanish. We attempted to banish ourselves to our rooms, to no avail. She would sniff us out wherever we were and attempt conversation. This got frustrating. Monday morning rolled round and we were off to school! We arrived at the school only to realise that the rest of the class began their lessons a week prior to us, and therefore were already having Spanish conversations with the teacher and each other. D’oh! We were lagging well behind on that first day. I literally cried for not knowing what our homework was. Monday = worst. It got better though and I now feel confident enough to understand Spanish, and speak some words. It was successful in that Rory and I know more Spanish than anyone else we’re hanging out with in Ecuador. (a bunch of Aussies, Brits and a Canadian - lovely crew!) Although we jumped at the chance to go back to staying with Fredy, Eddy & Rasti. That couch bed has never been so tempting. The weekend was spent exploring Segovia with Sam, Noemi, Helena, Fredy, Chica, and the kiddies. We visited the Roman Aquaduct and froze our butts off. The pictures above are of the last night we spent in Spain, Rory made spicy fish stew for everyone and we made starters for Africa! Red wine, and a sneaky pinch of Jamon made for the perfect last night in Madrid. We had such a fantastic time, I can’t wait to go back!!! (maybe in summer next time though)
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