WOW! So I guess it’s been a while! First of all, HAPPY NEW YEAR! It’s weird to think that we’re in 2011 now…I keep seeing the date written as 2011 on the boards at school, and I’m like “wait, that’s not right!” I guess it happens every year though…to me, at least!

I realize that I’ve been lax on the blog lately (as my beautiful mother put it, I hadn’t posted “4 weeks now”. That is because nothing too exciting has happened. Really the only thing worthy of note that I did over Christmas break was go to Madrid for a few days, with Arturo. We left on December 29 and couch surfed (me for the first time!). For those not familiar with the term, couch surfing is when someone local to the town you are visiting opens up their home to you, for free, to sleep on their “couch” or in an extra bed or whatever they may have. They’re all over the world.

We visited El Prado and Palacio Real whilst there, as well as El Parque Retiro, Puerta del Sol and all of the main plazas. Oh, and we went shopping too! (or rather I went shopping and Arturo waited for me…he’s so nice!) We came back on New Year’s Eve day, because we both wanted to be with our friends. It was a blast! We went for botellón at Javi’s and then later on out to the ever-so-crowded bars!

School this week has been a lot of review…kids forget a lot over an 18-day break, you know? All the kids have been excited to tell me about what Los Reyes Magos (The Three Kings or Wise Men, celebrated on January 6. It’s more popular to give gifts on this day than Christmas. It’s a big deal…there was a parade on the evening of the 5^th and everything!) brought them. I had no idea how popular Play Station and especially Wii were here; so many of them were like “I got a game for my Wii”.

With Martin Luther King Jr. Day being next Monday, I’m trying to decide what or how much I want to say about him. I have a picture and a clip of his speech that I’m going to show the older kids, but I don’t know what else to do…I guess just talk about an influential historical figure he was and mention a few key points. I can’t make it too complex or complicated though, or even the older ones won’t understand!

Xoxo,

Court