Today was the first day that the girl i babysit, Angela and i spoke mostly english. this last week i have been reading to her in english and keeping track of the new words, but today we tried to speak mostly in english, which to my surprise worked out pretty well, she´s like me in spanish, can understand a lot more then she can speak. we took a 3 hour walk to go see a duck pond. we took some break, peach juice and cookies and went on our way. at the duck pond there was a swan, some ducks, and some really ugly fish, which were kind of scary looking. there was also a bar there. i find that bars are very popular here in spain, people like to drink at whatever occasion. we fed the ducks bread then kept walking. the walkway was very beautiful, it was a bike bath with many trees and views. we went past an old church which had been destroyed, but the rubbles remained. we went past a small plaza where then was a painted mural and ate lunch there. on the way back we went past a really cool park. it´s like a gym outdoors. there were many machines from yellow and red metal. at first it looked like a playground, but then i noticed that there were exercise machines. apparently many old people go there to workout outside. there was a machine for the hips, elyptical cycles, bicycles, leg push, arm weights. anyone can use the apparateses. it´s a really cool idea to have machines outside that are locked to the ground that anyone from the public can use, like a common gym. i have found a free outdoor gym to go exercise! anyway it was fun to workout and sing songs in english at the same time. i have found that it´s really much more fun to learn a language through song. we came back rested, then went down to the pool. at the pool angela thought me a game like simon says, but the from says whatever thing you have to do under the water, and of course we played the game in english too. later we got out of the pool and read the power puff girls. for lunch today we ate brocolli, chicken and bread. i think the food here is so much better and fresher, especially the fruits and meats. in case i forgot to mention yesterday we went to a plaza where there were fountains. i like how there are many common places here that are usefull to people, such as plazas, exercise machines, and fountains. it seems that community here is much more important. thus many small plazas for people to get together. well, guess that´s it for now,
¡adios!