Yesterday Nancy and I arrived in the airport in Valencia around noon. A man from the International House was there to pick us up and drive us to our family.
Our family consists of Jose and Rosa, an older couple who live in an apartment in the southeastern part of the city. We are close to the dried out river that runs 10 km through the city and the famous museums and aquarium. Valencia is honestly so beautiful and magnificent. Jose and Rosa are awesome. They are really helping us with our Spanish and trying to make it easier for us to adjust to life here in Valencia. We got very lucky.
Today we went to the home of the oldest daughter of Jose. She and her husband live outside the city with five kids, one of which was adopted from Ethiopia. For lunch we had homemade paella which is a very famous dish here in Valencia. It is rice made with different types of vegetables, seafood and meat. Today we had it with seafood, peppers and onions. It was awesome!
Tomorrow two more girls are coming to live here, one from Germany and another from China. They are only here for one month though and then Rosa and Jose don't know when they will be getting more. They have been hosting students for ten years and love the company.
Culture:
Breakfast is at 8am, Lunch at 3pm and Dinner at 9pm.... dinner is actually early by Spanish standards. Rosa and Jose eat later than us but realize that we need an earlier dinner time.
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