Sheep

Yesterday we headed out early for an adventure: we were going to take the bus to Oñati for the international contest "sheep herding". It was our first time taking the bus so we were a little excited. When we got to Oñati we were greeted quite friendly by three men. We thought they were for sure the sheep herders, but once we looked closely at their shirts realized that they worked for the bus company. Nevertheless we continued walking once we heard music and saw a procession of children. We thought that this had to be the opening of the international event. The children were as cute as could be, all dressed up in their traditional Basque atire. (Check Facebook for pictures). We decided to ask a lady for what exactly was going on and figured out that the sheep herding wouldn't take place until next Sunday and that this was some sort of dancing by elementary-aged kids from all over the valley. We decided to stay and it was quite the event. The kids were cute and danced like they hadn't been doing anything else. I don't see us teaching THIS in PE for the yearly school plays!

Then today was our first day of school with the locals here. They are all very nice but don't say much yet. School is very different from what we are used to. Everybody talks amongst themselves and we were the only ones raising our hands to answer questions. Our schedule is quite relaxed to say the least. Today we had class from 10:45 - 13:15. Tomorrow will be from 14:15-16:30. Wednesday and thursday will be something like 9-13 and Friday is off. We do have to work out teaching twice a week but don't have all the information yet.

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Eveline & Stephanie