¡Hola! It’s been six
months since I arrived to Ferrum! Six months full of first times: my first time
in the United States, my first Día de los muertos, my first Thanksgiving, my
first Christmas away from home, and the first time I got stuck at home due to
the snow!!! Different experiences that have changed me and that have made me
enjoy life in a different way.
Since I did not go
home for Christmas, during the Winter Break I was traveling around the United
States: Washington DC, Minnesotta, New Orleans, Houston, Austin, San Antonio
and Dallas. I got the chance to visit old friends and also to make new friends.
In Washington I attended a Fulbright conference in which I gave a presentation
about how to teach Spanish with other Spanish FLTAs. The conference was
amazing, 401 people from all over the world who are currently teaching their
home languages in the States. In Minnesota I spent Christmas with one of my
dearest friends, Amanda. After, I went to the South with my friend Francesca,
who is an Italian FLTA in North Carolina. We visited some other FLTAS who are
teaching Turkish and Russian in Austin, Tx.
Now that we are
already in the second semester, I am so looking forward to teaching my new
classes and to the new challenges. I am really looking forward to doing a bit
more traveling here in Virginia.
