My Spanish is better than someone's English!!

I am know going to devote a blog post to my complete and utter excitement of having better Spanish than someone's English.

Today, Carmen came into my room and told me that she ran into a friend who would like to meet me, if I was okay with it, to practice her English and help me with my Spanish. Now, normally, when someone wants to practice English with me, they already speak English really well and what they want from me is to fine tune it. Well, as it turns out, her friend spoke decent English, but I actually spoke more Spanish than she did English!

Carmen's friend, Monica, was super nice. She invited me over to her apartment and we had a nice long chat. Her husband brought me coffee and a muffin that Monica had baked earlier that day. I spoke mostly in Spanish and talked a little English when she would ask me a question in English. Basically, it was Spanglish, but I really enjoyed it. She told me that my Spanish is very good, which is not true, but it was exciting to hear all the same.

She and her husband have two adult daughters who have left the city. One is in Barcelona and the other is in India. This is a little strange, because many people who grow up here will stay here. Most of the Spanish people that I've met have lived in Pamplona or Navarra (the province) their whole lives.

Monica and I are going to meet up at least once a week and talk in Spanglish. She has also offered to take me shopping sometime and go out for coffee. She also told me that she has some friends who would also like to speak English with me. I'm so excited to be meeting more Spanish speakers! I will try to make sure that we speak both languages and not English all the time.

I've told both Carmen and Monica that I'd like to work part-time babysitting, teaching English,  or tutoring, so maybe with their help I can find something. The University has a job offerings page, but I haven't had much luck with that. It would be great to earn a few euros. I've saved money to come here and my parents are helping a lot, but I definitely would feel much better making a little money.