This week was my first week back after Semana Santa, and it was a long one! Even though we didn't have class on Monday I still felt like this week dragged on. I've been sick pretty much all week, which has not been fun.
This past week has been a "holy crap, I only have like a month left of classes" kind of week. I've kind of been neglecting my school work for the past few months, because (1) I never have homework, only readings and (2) I'm in Spain. But reality set in this week when I realized I only have like 6 weeks of class left and so much to catch up on. This week I've been attempting to study for my Prado midterm on Tuesday, its just been hard because our exam is only like 5 questions and we have 64 paintings to study. SIXTY-FOUR! Personally, I think it's a bit ridiculous, especially because after a while some of these paintings start to look the same...but what can I do? Just got to keep chugging along! [If you're interested, right now we're learning about Zubaran and Velazquez, and pretty soon we will get to GOYA!]
I can't remember if I've mentioned this yet, but I've starting teaching English to kids here. I've only got two students, one is a 14 year old boy who speaks English really well and just needs to practice his conversation skills. The other is a 3 year old girl who speaks zero English. It's been interesting trying to organize lessons for them because they have such different levels. My 14-year-old seems to know already know everything that I'm teaching him and my 3-year-old can be a bit sassy. But, it's still a lot of fun and good practice for when I'm a grown up [which is coming up surprisingly fast--I just registered for my SENIOR YEAR classes! Seriously, where did the past three years go?!?!?!]
Anyways, besides teaching and studying I went to a Master Class put on by DMM [Disfruta Madrid Mas] at the Museo Thyssen which was about their exhibition: Impresionismo y el Aire Libre. It was some seriously cool stuff, I got to see some Monets, Van Goghs, and Sorollas! I could have touched them, that's how close I was able to get to them! I think that impressionism is my favorite style of art and Sorolla is probably my favorite Spanish painter. I'm a little bummed that my Prado class doesn't get to study him at all--but hey, there's a museum here in Madrid specifically about Sorolla!
This week I officially booked my tickets and hostel to Barcelona (or as some of the Spaniards call it: Barceloca). I'm really really excited to go see the Sagrada Familia and all of Gaudi's works! Andddd, that's all I've got! Until next week everyone!
XOXO,
Kelsey
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