Tapas, Toros y Teaching

¡Bienvenidos a mi blog! I arrived in Spain on September 26 and stayed in the "big" town of Almeria for a few days while searching for a place to live. It's a pretty cool town with a huge street called La Rambla in the center with tons of restaurants and shops. I was very excited when I got off the plane and realized it was about 75 degrees outside and every day since then it's been about the same, if not hotter. A few days after I got in, my roommate and I met her school's director who agreed to let us rent his summer home for the 8 months we will be teaching. SWEET DEAL! We've got a duplex with 2 floors on each side and a garage and it's all located about 50 feet from the beach... seriously an above and beyond answered prayer! We moved in and started school last Wednesday. I teach in a town called La Mojonera at a school for ages 3-12! It has been awesome so far - all of the kids are excited to have Americans in their classrooms and the little kids are absolutely adorable!!
On Saturday my roommates and I went to the mall and had tapas and saw "Che - El Argentino" which was really fun. We had great tapas (little appetizers) like chicken with a hot sauce, pork with peppers and a potato cake. If you have a tapas restaurant near you, I highly suggest checking it out!
This week has been the festival week for the town where I live, Roquetas de Mar. On Sunday night we went to the bullfight (my first one!) which was interesting to say the least. While not all Spaniards like the bullfight, I found myself surprisingly enjoying it except for the last part where the bull actually dies. At first I could barely stand any bit but by the end I was really glad I had gone.
Now the working has officially begun and I'll be working with the little kids until January! Hopefully I'll be pretty good about keeping this blog updated so definitely check back in for more adventures from Spain!