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Our first week in Valencia continued with more Spanish lessons \u2013 this time we learned the names of weekdays and months, how to tell time, and all kinds of useful vocabulary related to food and kitchen basics. It\u2019s been really helpful to build up a foundation, especially since we\u2019re surrounded by the language every day. I still have a lot to learn, but it already feels easier to understand signs and little phrases in everyday life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After class, we decided to take it slow and had a cozy movie night at the apartment. We watched Avengers: Age of Ultron<\/em> \u2013 sometimes it\u2019s nice to just stay in, especially with so many impressions and new experiences throughout the week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To end our Spanish course, we surprised our teacher Jes\u00fas with flowers. It was a small gesture, but he really deserved it \u2013 his energy and humor made the lessons fun, even though we were all beginners. On the last day, we reviewed everything we had learned and took a short final test to see how much we had improved in just five days. I think we all felt a bit more confident afterward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Later that day, my boyfriend and I went out for tacos \u2013 and the best part? They were only 1 Euro each! Honestly one of the best deals we\u2019ve found so far. Afterwards, we explored the area around Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias<\/em>. The architecture is stunning \u2013 modern, futuristic, and super clean. But if I\u2019m being honest, it also felt a bit too empty and quiet. You end up walking a lot, but there\u2019s not that much going on once you’re there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We also checked out more of the city center and took a look at the historic Bank of Valencia<\/em> building. That area had much more life \u2013 busy streets, caf\u00e9s, people everywhere. I really enjoy just walking around and discovering these little corners of the city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One morning, we treated ourselves to a nice brunch in a neighborhood called Ayora. The toast I had was so delicious, I\u2019m definitely going to try and recreate it at home. The area was lovely, but again, strangely quiet. I\u2019m starting to wonder if we always pick the oddest times to go out \u2013 everything seems to be closed or empty when we get there!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To round off the weekend, we met up with Herr Maier, at the beach. We had a couple of drinks and talked about how things have been going so far. It was a really nice and laid-back way to reflect on our first week here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Our first week in Valencia continued with more Spanish lessons \u2013 this time we learned the names of weekdays and months, how to tell time, and all kinds of useful vocabulary related to food and kitchen basics. It\u2019s been really helpful to build up a foundation, especially since we\u2019re surrounded by the language every day. … \u201eWeek 1 Part 2 – Reality\u201c<\/span> weiterlesen<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7875,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[91],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-109","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-allgemein"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/afibinspain2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/afibinspain2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/afibinspain2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/afibinspain2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7875"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/afibinspain2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=109"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/afibinspain2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":112,"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/afibinspain2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109\/revisions\/112"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/afibinspain2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/afibinspain2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.fu-berlin.de\/afibinspain2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}