I'm literally in the middle of nowhere in Spain, participating in an English immersion week for Spaniards who want to improve their conversation skills.. My job is to talk to people. In exchange I get my room and board paid for in a beautiful villa in northern Spain for a week. Not a bad deal. I have booked my flight back to Liverpool for May 2nd so that I have another two weeks here and so far, have made no firm plans. One option is to do some walking on the Camino trail since I am only steps away from it. Another option is to go to Portugal and walk the trail there. I do want to visit Barcelona for a few days and learned of a cycling tour of the city which I would really love to do. There are a few people here who drove to this place and have offered to drop me off somewhere and that also intrigues me. It would be an adventure to just get dropped off in some obscure place and see what happens!
In the meantime, I'm hanging out with 7 Spaniards who are becoming proficient at speaking English and 14 english speaking Anglos from Canada, USA, Scotland, England, New Zealand, Korea, and India! The Indian fellow, Manish, is conducting a lesson on Bollywood dancing and somehow I have found myself signed up! We have to give a performance to the rest of the group.....I wonder at my profound inability to say "no". Some things never seem to change.
I am loving being back in Spain....it is such a wonderful country - so beautiful, so rich in the culture. The food is great and I am trying to remember the Spanish I learned last fall, even though I am not allowed to speak a word of it. I am committed to learning Spanish when I go home and will enrol in a proper class, possibly when I move to the coast.
Despite all these wonderful things I'm doing, a part of me is still in Kolkata and in some ways, I wish I was still there. I think it means that someday, I am meant to go back. His will be done.....
In the meantime, I shall go and practice my dancing with the other 11 people who signed up for the big performance tonight!
I am making a list of unforgettable experiences and I think this will be one of them!
