Living in a dream

I am still speechless to how incredibly lucky I am not only to be here but to have the opportunity to live in a city this beautiful with such nice people for 4 months. When we arrived in Sevilla yesterday our host families met us and took us back to their house. They are absolutely precious and so so nice. They speak slow enough for us to understand and want everything to be perfect for us. When they showed us around the house I was struck with several surprises, the first being the fact that they have a pool, the second that I would get my own bedroom. Their house is so quaint. It is blue and white on the outside and lots of orange and other bright colors inside with very modern decorations. The street is lined with orange trees and there is a rooftop terrace where you can look out over the whole area. Next door is a vet and we met him and his daughter today. All the people are very friendly here and so far I've had very little trouble understanding and communicating although the dictionary does come in very handy. Mi padre speaks un poco Ingles which is also helpful at times and the little girl is so cute and its obvious she loves having us around. Today we went on a walking tour de la ciudad and it is absolutely incredible. There is so much to see and explore and I can't wait to get started. The Giralda is one of the most fabulous cathedrals and they said it took 100 years to construct. I would be so sad if I started working on a project that big and didn't live to see the end of it. All the architecture here is inexplicable. I love this city and already do not want to have to leave it and I just barely arrived. Es fabuloso! Tomorrow we go to the university to take the practice test and then I think we get tour of the university as well if not tomorrow then the day ofter. Classes start wednesday. It made me very excited today because I learned a slang word several days ago: topati which is a shortened form of todo para ti( its all for you) and today I heard Sara my little sister say it to her mom and got so excited that I understood it. I am starting to think in Spanish too so you all will have to bear with me as I begin to make my blog un poco bilingue and you might have to pull out your dictionaries. I just don't notice any longer when I switch languages, pretty cool for me though :) Buenos noches.