Museo del Reloj

Salamanca is definitely a good place to study Spanish as most of the local people don't speak English but are patient with you when you butcher their language. This is very helpful as I've discovered my Spanish is truly terrible, instead of passable. However, due to some cramming day of, I placed into low intermediate Spanish. I like the school that I am studying at Colegio Delibes, as they don't just have low-med-high but have around 10 levels. Thus I'm actually on level 4. I have four hours of class per day, from 10 to 2. We have 2 hours of grammar and 2 focusing on communication.In my class (of five people) there is a mix of international students and no Americans. The material is pretty fast paced so I hope I can improve a lot.

Salamanca has a lot of history since the University of Salamanca was founded in 1225. The location of my apartment is ideal because it is directly in the old center. Thus it is less than a five minute walk to any museum or the lovely Plaza Mayor.


In the picture with me is Julia, who is my British flatmate. In my piso (as apartments are called here) everyone else are Spanish students, which in theory sounds good but in practice is pretty useless as they are busy studying for their classes and aren't too interested in American exchange students. Also, I really can't understand what they're saying because they use so much slang and speak so quickly. I can better understand my landlady, Ana. We have meals twice a day, at two and nine at night. There is both a cook and maid, which is different for me. Thankfully, a vegetarian option is made for me, which I really appreciate. The apartment is very nice.
On Wednesday, I went to the Art Deco Museum, which was really good.
















There was a great selection of art deco perfume bottles and statues. I also met a fellow student who is a Chinese graduate student learning Spanish. She asked me if I wanted to go to the Museo del Reloj, which translates as the Museum of the Clock. I assumed I had translated wrong or that it was simply a name but no, it was a museum of just clocks. They were really old and were really ornate. They had one of the first alarm clocks as well as a huge selection of grandfather clocks.