Spanish classes are the best!

I haven't laughed so much in years. I laugh with tears in my eyes every day and one of my classmates A is promising that this will continue throughout our pre-courses, which BTW start next week. We'll see if I'll be laughing in Financial Accounting... hmmm... that sounds so serious. Back to Spanish now...

We have a great Spanish group, and naturally is the best Spanish group ever!
Our group, probably the largest (18 people), has the most fun, I guarantee you that! There are so many things to laugh about that we had already created a multitude of themes which recur in conversation and class presentation. Let me give you and example: Palencia - tiny town in Spain, not to be confused with Valencia, more well-known tourist attraction. How this came about... well... during class when we were having a discussion on the usages of el subjuntivo, our teacher asked if we had any more questions. To this, one classmate, let's call him M raised his hand and asked in a clear and loud voice: Donde esta Palencia? We all start laughing because this Palencia thing was so out of context. So the teacher, which by the way is a wonderful lady who allows us to make fun of everything imaginable and unimaginable... well, she very kindly asked M why is he concerned where Palencia is. M replayed that he had found a moto in Palencia and is thinking to buy it. You can imagine the reaction the class had. We were laughing so hard while M was looking at us with a serious face.

Okay, now fast forward a couple of days. We have group presentations on real estate investments throughout Europe. One group gets in front of the class to start their presentation and even before announcing the location where they have decided to invest the capital, the whole class, in one voice exclaims: Palencia!!!

Another day, we are diligently working individually on some exercises. The class is unbelievably quiet, which btw is the exception to the norm. Suddenly we hear a noise, which sounds like a supernatural fart!! K turns around to face the back wall, the direction the noise came from, and exclaims in a reprimanding tone: JESUS!! We all turn around and realize he's addressing the crucifix in the back of the class. You can imagine the laughter! Later we figure out the noise was actually coming from someone drilling holes in the back wall. However, for us the joke it will always be on Jesus!

There could be so much more to tell you such as the presentation on Conifugio, the Estea* swimming pool bar, the Red Bull gum, the new brand of Water against Hangovers, or SPAin the massage spa for overworked consultants and IB professionals. There are so many funny situations to retell but the truth is they are not as funny when you read them as when you witness them first hand. For us these days is just enough to look at each other smiling and we all start laughing without an apparent reason. Maybe we are laughing at a joke or maybe we are going crazy due to too much subjuntivo.

* Estea - el subjuntivo de Estar en Portunol;