Busy days!

We have been busy! And so it has been a few days since I´ve been able to write. To catch everyone up.... on Tuesday afternoon we went to the movies as a respite from the heat. I don´t know how much of the film they actually understood, but we were in air conditioning, and they were getting lots of Spanish! We had some thunder storms later that evening, but they did not help to alleviate the heat!
On Wednesday afternoon the "afternoon activity" was a flamenco lesson. All the Prep students in addition to some of the other students at International House joined in a lesson of the basic steps and hand movements of the traditional music and dance of the Spanish gypsies. Their class lasted an hour and a half and my experience is that when we eventually get to see flamenco, having had the lessons gives them a particular appreciation for the complexity of the art.
The favourite passtime that has emerged is to play frisbee in the park. They purchased two frisbees and have begged to spend the afternoon "downtime" between the activities and dinner in the Parque de Retiro playing frisbee under the trees.
Today, while they are in "club de conversacion", I wandered in to see what was going on, and they begged me to escape to the park! We will head out there later.
Our weekend will be very busy - tomorow we will go to the Escorial and the Valle de los Caidos in an excursion provided by the school. On Sunday I shall take them out to Segovia to see the aqueduct and the Castle.