After I spent the summer staying with Rocio and helping out occasionally with her family's fruteria, I moved into my piso here in Jerez de la Frontera. It was mid-September when I moved in, and my roommates (two Spanish girls) had already moved in at the beginning of the month. I think they were a bit worried I was never going to move in, but I did eventually.
It was really weird living here at first since I don't have a car or bicycle to get around, and this city is much bigger than I am used to for Spain. Having to walk twenty minutes to the center of town is kind of a pain, but at least there are lots of things to see along the way. I live right around the corner from the Real Escuela Andaluza del Arte Ecuestre, which is where they train the horses to do the "paso andaluz" or andaluz step. I think they also train the horses you might see at a bullfight there too. Continuing on towards the center, I'll pass the Sandeman bodega, one of several sherry bodegas in town. The bodegas all look really cool, and as soon as I get that first paycheck I'll have to go visit a couple. Also along the way to the center are a church built in the 17th century, a Palace, and really cool fountain in the middle of a rotunda. There really is a lot to see here in Jerez compared to Don Benito, which basically had one plaza that was somewhat nice looking.
For the first few weeks here I had absolutely nothing to do, and I couldn't get any bites on fliers for private lessons that I put up. So naturally I wandered around the town gaining my bearings a bit while taking photos. Day by day more auxiliars like myself showed up until last week when we started classes.
I went into the school the first day expecting it to be like my school from last year in Extremadura, but so far it seems to be a completely different experience. First of all I don't have nearly as many different classes. I have maybe seven or eight different classes, when I had twenty-four last year. I might actually be able to learn names this year! Also the school has much fewer students overall and really they seem to be better behaved also.
Today was a holiday of some sort, and there is another one on Wednesday, so I should have had two days off this week, but I already get Mondays off, so I missed out I guess. I don't mind having Mondays off instead of the typical Fridays off that most other auxiliars get because I feel that there is more to do on Sunday night than on Thursday night. I can stay up late and watch football if I want, which is nice.
Well, that's all for now. staluego.....
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