Lola y Alfonso

Friday morning, we hopped on the bus and headed for Segovia. We were about to meet our host families, with whom we would be staying for the next 4 weeks. We were on the bus for about an hour. I was excited and nervous. I just listened to my ipod and took in the beautiful mountains we had to drive through to get to Segovia.

We pulled into the bus station, got our luggage and there were a few of the host families waiting there. MacKenzie and I were one of the first ones to leave. Alfonso picked us up and took us home. We drove through the city of Segovia and past the Roman aqueduct that is one the familiar sites of Segovia. We arrived at our house, an apartment on La Calle de Mal Consejos (the street of bad advice...haha). Alfonso took us upstairs to the fifth floor and showed us our new home. It is a gorgeous apartment with three bedrooms and a beautiful terrace (we eat dinner there a lot). He showed us our room and our bathroom (MacKenzie and I have our own!) We sleep on bunk beds and have a little table in our room where we can do homework.

Alfonso had to go back to work, but he told us he would be back around 2:30 for lunch. MacKenzie and I unpacked and explored the house a little bit. Alfonso came back and made lunch for us. He told us that Lola, his wife, would be home soon. She works in the next town at the library. We had chicken in a beer sauce. It was delicious! Sooo much better than the Colegio Mayor. Just as we were finishing up lunch, Lola arrived. She was very excited to meet us and soo nice!

Alfonso is a businessman, and works in an office just a few minutes away, and Lola works at the library. Both of them grew up on Segovia and they have had their apartment for 26 years, and they enjoy it very much. They have two children, Alfonso, who is 28, lives in Germany, and Christina is 24 and lives in Ibiza with her husband. Lola and Alfonso, I think, are maybe in their 50s and they are soo cute. They are both excellent cooks too! We haven´t had anything bad to eat yet! Lola is very adamant about correcting our Spanish...but we love it! I think MacKenzie and I are very lucky in getting this family as our hosts.