¡Vamos a la playa!

Today we didn't have to arrive at school until 9:30. We have a class from 9:30-11, a 30 minute break and then class again from 11:30-1. Today the first hour was with a Spaniard named Fede. He is our "grammar teacher." Instead of really teaching us, he put a picture of a good looking girl on the board, and asked "Quien es la chica?" "Who is the girl?" None of us knew the girl so we guessed "Su novia, madre, hermana, una cantante..." "Your girlfriend, mom, sister, a singer.." But we weren't able to guess who she was. He finally told us she was his EX girlfriend. He said they broke up yesterday and that he would tell us the story. He had strips of paper with sentences in spanish on them and he gave each of us one. We each placed one on the board and conjugated the verb in the sentence that was highlighted. This was practicing the preterite and imperfect. The story told us that it was Ana's birthday yesterday and they had a surprise party for her. Someone rang the doorbell and Ana opened it and she was surprised to see a guy there and acted like she didn't know him. The guy entered and actually wanted to tell Fede that he was with Ana also. Fede told us that he and the guy (Javier) fought and that Ana was "una tramposa." I asked him how long they had been together, and he said 2 years and a few months. Now you'd think that after 2 years, to break up with a girl that you just found out has been cheating for who knows how long, you'd be pretty upset and sad. Fede said this (in spanish..) "Freud says that when you have negative energy you need to change it to positive energy. What good does it do me to sit home and sulk and cry? Its better that I tell the story and we laugh and we change the bad situation to something better." Interesting class huh? My second hour was with Paqui, and she taught us vocabulary. No interesting story here because we learned about fruits, vegetables, meats, fish, and other products. After my class I went with my Italian friends to a bar and grabbed a "bocadillo" a baguette with meat and cheese. It was very good and we walked to the beach, sandwiches in hand. We spent the next 5 hours on the beautiful beach of San Sebastian. (Note. I learned that many Spanish women prefer to be topless on the beach) Anyway, we went into the water some and played soccer on the beach. The waves were huge and it was pretty dangerous actually but it was awesome. In soccer we played Italianos vs Americanos, we had 3 Italians and 3 Americans so it worked out perfectly. The Italians won of course, something like 14-10. We then met some girls from Spain who didn't speak english. We proceeded to talk and laugh while we translated words from spanish to english and vice versa. They were very nice. We all went back home and I took a shower, had dinner and relaxed. Un buen día.