Campo.

Yesterday, my family invited me to go with them to the campo. My senor is an olive farmer, so they have a house and a farm in a pueblo outside the city. They own a large amount of land and quite a few horses, so I got a chance to ride one of their horses. Considering I had only done it maybe once before in my life, it was kinda scary, but really cool. It is a really cool place. It was a festival in the pueblo yesterday, so the entire family was there pretty much. Jaime has 12 brothers and sisters, so I was pretty overwhelmed with all of the people. Also, my senora Maria and my senor Jaime are pretty awkward to begin with. I felt like I was just standing around in the way for the first hour because Maria didn't tell me what we were doing. I got a lot more comfortable as the day went on and talked a little more. The only problem is, all they talk about is farming, horses, and inside jokes, so it's kind of hard for me to participate. I enjoy just listening sometimes, though, because it is good practice for me. During the day, I ate better food and more food than I have the entire time I have been here. I should have gone to the campo more often! I feel like they were all trying to get me drunk with the bottomless glass of sangria they were feeding me all day haha. (Maria told me I had to drink up so that I could dance later haha) I got to see their festival where they have a live band and the people of the pueblo go to dance and socialize. A lot of them were dressed in gypsy clothing (traditional flamenco dresses). It was really cool. I feel like Maria talked to me more yesterday than ever before and I actually saw she has a personality haha. Seeing the way the family acts in the campo makes me feel like I was wrong about them, but then the second they are alone with us, they are immediately quiet and awkward. It is the weirdest thing ever. I wish we would have tried to go to the campo more times than we did because we would have probably gotten closer to them and felt more comfortable, but who knows. The day in the campo was really fun for me even though Maria is convinced I didn't have fun because I didn't talk much. I just don't have the vocabulary to talk about farming techniques is all lol I am really glad they took me. I got to have one last experience of the true spanish culture!