Class?

We started class yesterday, but only classes for orientation. We have to take 3 classes per day (grammar, culture, and conversation), and we are divided into two groups. Luckily, Spaniards don't like to get up early, so our classes don't start until 3:30pm and end at 6:50. They have been pretty interesting so far, and I am able to understand mostly everything which is good, although it is very tiring to try and speak in Spanish all day, especially because my vocabulary is a little limited. But it has been good so far because my roommate and I try to speak Spanish as much as we can when we are together, walking to class and of course when we are eating meals with our Senora.
Today we had shortened class because of the inauguration, which was really nice! We went to a bar and watched Obama and Biden be sworn in and listened to Obama speak. I think we were all pretty moved by it, especially since we are not in the United States. It is really interesting to hear the reactions of peoples' host families to Obama, as our Senora really likes him and is really interested in what is going on in the US and other peoples' families don't really care one way or the other. We have talked a lot about Obama with our Senora, and she told us that she thought that most of Spain would be watching the inauguration tonight. Although part of me wishes I were in the US today, at the same time it was really exciting to be in Spain and to see that other people are just as excited as Americans. I've also heard it's been pretty cold, which I guess I'm not so sad about missing...
After Obama's speech, we all went out to a tapas bar to celebrate together and hang out a little, and then my roommate and I went back to our house to eat dinner with our Senora. She takes a Metaphysics class on Tuesday nights and had left us a cute little note saying that we were welcome to eat without her, but we decided to wait because we really enjoy spending time with her at dinner. Afterwards, we did our homework and caught up with some emails. We had to ask her some questions about her family for our conversation class, and it was realy interesting to listen to her stories about her family with whom she is really close and about how she thinks that things in Spain have changed over the past 20 years with regards to family dynamics. I always thought of Spanish families all living together, but now things are a little different, and we learned that the average Spanish home only has 2.9 people. She told us that her grandmother lived with her until she passed away, but that nowadays people know that they are not going to live with their children but are going to go to nursing homes. I guess things are just changing.
Ok, time for bed. Tomorrow my roommate and I are going to go to explore Santa Cruz, which is the old Jewish Quarter of Seville, since we don't have class until 3:30. Really, I love the schedule of the Spaniards.