Scared????? Who?????....... me....................??

This week was a "scary & weird" week and this was not just because of Halloween.

Being almost a whole year together for 24 hours, 7 days a week it was weird to have to say Bye Bye to dad who had to go for a business trip to Germany, UK and Holland for 10 days. We of course made sure that he was showered-shaved and had a nice hair cut. Since he did not bring a suit in his suitcase he had to hunt Antequera for a tux.

Also the weather was weird!! Steven and I did not do Tennis for a whole week because of the bad weather with around 18 degrees and rain!!! We made it very cozy in the house with hot chocolate and Steven, mom and I read on the couch, snuggled up. Later in the week it cleared up and we had 2 1/2 hours lesson in one morning to catch up.

31 October = Halloween

1 November = All Saints' Day

Naturally Wednesday was the most scary day of the week. It was Halloween. For Halloween we had planned games in each room and we ended up feeling frightened and sick from all the scary games and different sweets. I always thought that Halloween comes from  America, but it actually comes from Ireland, 5th century. Halloween means : "when the dead came back to earth". The next day on the 1st of November it was a public holiday in Spain "All Saint's day" which is in the honour of the Saints. I realized that there must be a connection here with all those days since on the 2nd of November all the people here went to the grave yards to pray and visit the graves of their family and friends and souls that have been lost. So it is all linked and Halloween is not only a kids dress up party!

2 November = All Souls' Day

I was invited by my friend to see a theater play in English. Steven and I thought the play would be for scholars, but it was very different. This play was for little children under 10. There were childish monsters which were supposed to scare you and they only said 3 sentences in English which they repeated every time so that the children would remember it. It was very boring till the "monsters" wanted 2 people from the audience. Steven joked putting up his hand and out of all the children Steven was picked out and went on stage. It was so funny. The monsters asked him questions and Steven sang " Twinkle Twinkle little star" and "happy and you know it clap your hands" haha. I'm still laughing! Out of the whole 2 hours those 10 minutes were the most entertaining part! 

Steven on Stage 

The last 'scary" thing was that we were guests at an English language school. After school in the afternoon an evening old and young learners here in Antequera have extra English lessons. Steven and I talked about our journey and where we live. We had to speak very slowly and clear so they could understand. The first class we attended to was Steven's age. The only thing they did the whole hour was making silly jokes and laugh. They did not listen to the teacher. The second class we attended to was from 17 years to 48 years. We could just talk normal tempo and ask questions! First we were very scared to talk to the 2 classes, but afterwards we thought about it and it was actually a lot of fun!

So with all these scary and weird moments the week went by very fast. Thanks to all the nice events and meeting many people I have made many friends who call to meet, chat and go places. I feel very at home.!! 

LOUISA