Halfway there!! I am one month in and it feels great! I have learned lots of things about Spain, the language, the people and myself! I absolutely love Spain, every person I have met being a friend or family member of the family have been extremely friendly and tried to make an effort to speak english, the Spanish culture is beautiful, I love the family time, the daily routine, the food and of course the weather! Learning Spanish is simply done little by little, ...

Today I carried out my standard routine, being in the flat can be restricting because there is no garden and it can be boring being stuck in the flat all day, however today is my last day of being Anne Frank and tomorrow we go to the holiday home for the month! A few weeks ago it was the Grandfathers 80th birthday and he wanted to take the full family out for dinner to celebrate. I appreciated how nice it was that I was invited. We arrived around 9 o'clock (stand...

This morning was just a standard morning of making beds, making breakfast and looking after the children. However this afternoon I was going whale watching and I was very excited! When the mum came home we quickly had lunch which was a soup with lots of rice it was amazing and one of my favourite dishes here! We then had omelette full of kale as healthy as ever and made our way to Tarifa. The family volunteered to go to the beach and wait for me while I do the to...

Today I had another normal morning waking up doing some house work and most importantly watching greys anatomy... This afternoon when the mother came home she said she had some flamenco dresses I could try on, I was very excited! The dresses were from years ago so I had to breathe in for my life! They were beautiful and I felt like a normal Spanish girl! Later that day Rocio their cousin came by and we made crepes and played some games, another chill day to relax...

Today I was back at the house and had lots of washings to do from the weekend, the morning flew in because I was so busy with cleaning. Just now I am addicted to watching greys anatomy so I obviously had to take an hour out to watch an episode whilst cleaning. In the afternoon we played some games and I had made the children chicken with sauce and beautiful home made soup which all I had to do was blend it. Later their cousins came over and we played 'doctors' I ...