some observations....

Started school today, great fun. beginning language classes are always a blast for me, especially when its immersion style. an observation though-perhaps its because i'm american but i cant get over the Spanish lisp thing (th) as opposed to the American Spanish s sound. it drives me crazy. i cant get myself to say it, i feel like i'm talking with a speech impediment. my teachers keep correcting me and laughing at my mexican spanish. ah well, i do have a love for all things mexican so lets just chalk it up to that. another thing, why do they use the 24 hour clock if they are going to refer to the time in manana and tarde? it's just confusing. if you say 2 oclock then the clock should say 2 not 14. petty, i know, but those are the things i have noticed today that keep tripping me up. am having difficulty posting pictures onto my blog so my beautiful prose will have to suffice. it a great day in granada, sunny, altho the mornings and evenings are very frio. jesus, one of my professors, says this is one of the coldest weeks in granada in 50 years (that could also explain the crazy madrid snow). hopefully the days will continue to grow warmer, although my radiators and wool blankets do a great job at night, i definitely did not pack my most moutainous warm clothes. in hindsight i wouldve packed more fleece and less fashion, alas, what can you do.