If you are thinking, "that looks really nice", then you are correct. My "school" is an office and some classrooms (you have to walk through one to get to two others - somebody just put up uninsulated walls to separate out spaces for different classes). Compared to my school, Albert's is a palace. BUT, it would cost much more for me to attend CLIC, and since I am planning to stay in my intensive classes until either I learn Spanish or it is time to go back to Walla Walla and since I am happy with the instruction at my school, I won't be changing. Albert is looking for a less intensive experience (a couple of times per week for 90 minutes), so the total cost for him is still pretty inexpensive in comparison - and my humble school only offers intensive courses. Maybe CLIC wouldn't notice if I hung out and studied on their patio.....
In other school news, my original teacher is back from her vacation and looking well rested - but, they moved her to a different group, so I still have my teacher from last week who I also really like. There are a couple of new students - both are pretty advanced, so the level of my class was pretty high today. Well, high by my standards, I am sure it still must be pretty painful for the instructor.
The effort to keep the city clean is practically non-stop. We see people out collecting trash and cleaning streets and river walls all the time. Also, there is a very nice woman who keeps the common part of our building clean. But today, I saw a man sweeping out the foyer area of a church with the smallest broom I have ever seen. Penance? Dedication? Nuts? Trying to avoid going home? I don't know.
Also, on the way home from school today, I notice a jewelry store where a lot (like more than half) of the jewelry is bug themed: spiders, flies, .... Not really my style, but the store is cool - there are two women who sit in the back making jewelry behind a large glass window.
Better go do some homework before bed.
