I received an offer to live with three Spanish people in an extra room in their apartment...in Utrera, which is about 25 miles outside Seville. That is the location of my school, so it will bring my commute to a miraculous seven minute walk, instead of the lengthy hour and a half commute. I moved last night! I will only stay for about a month and I will still have my place in Seville for the weekends that I won't travel.
The pros to this choice has left my heart and mind with the decision to go ahead and do it. The main reason is the commute and I have to work the next 5 fridays for missed days from Christmas break and before from a sick day and a day I missed from Morocco. The piso is small compared to my place in Seville and there is no balcony to sit outside in, but there are plenty of nearby cafes to enjoy the 75 degree weather!
Utrera is a cute charming mini-Sevilla. It's full of cafes and shops, just as Sevilla is. There is similar architecture and a few nice parks to enjoy nature.
This will be a challenge and a large change. Living in Seville offers luxaries I won't have in Utrera. No Tex Mex restaurants offering American food, no Starbucks 8 minutes away by foot, no American roomies to vent about our teaching frusterations with, and last by not least, no american language at all.
I will live with three spanish people which will force me to speak spanish, and only spanish. They know NO english.
This certainly will be an adventure --- something I strive and live for.
It is in all of us to go out in the world and have adventures. It is up to us to be brave or not.
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Sounds fun!
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