Busy with Rotary

The past few days here in Granada have been absolutely crazy with Rotary events. Yesterday, we went to the foundation just like we will be doing every Monday and Wednesday. Our time there yesterday was a little different, though, because instead of tutoring we gave a presentation about ourselves and our hometowns to the entire foundation. It was nice because they were sincerely interested in our presentations. When we were there last Wednesday, I had gum in my mouth and they all wanted some so I made sure to bring some with me yesterday. The very first thing they asked me was whether or not I remembered to bring it. It was funny how badly they wanted gum from me, but I'm glad I could make their day with something so simple. Once we left the foundation, we went to the Hotel Macia Condor where the Granada Rotary Club has their weekly meetings. The club had invited us to dinner to celebrate Rotary in Spain. The entire club was present with their spouses and there were even some people there from outside of the country. One of the couples was from Norway and the lady is the president of the Innerwheel Club in Norway. This was the first time I had ever heard of Innerwheel, which is the female version of Rotary. It is still a part of Rotary International, but geared towards women. Spain is the only country that lacks a club like this so she came trying to promote it. It made me wonder if there are any in the Downriver. It would be cool to start one if one doesn't exist. Besides the great people at the dinner, the food was great too. We had an awesome 4 course meal. The first course was a crab/apple salad that was a great opener for what was to come. The next course was a fillet of fish in this cream sauce with mandarins. The sauce was to die for! Then, they brought out a roast beef dish with vegetables and carmelized onions. The onions were my favorite part of this dish. The fourth and final course was dessert. I'm not even really sure what it was, but I think someone said it may have been flan. Anyways, whatever it was, it was delicious. I'm really glad that we were invited to the dinner and could take part in such a special event for the Rotary Club of Granada.
Today, I gave another presentation at the same school I presented at before, but this time it was for the parents of the students who are really considering participating in the Rotary Youth Exchange Program. Jessica and I both had a part of the presentation and she was sick so I was missing her part. My part comes after hers so it wouldn't make much sense for me to do mine without hers before it. Instead, I just introduced myself and explained a little about my high school and then the parents asked me any questions they had about the United States high school education system. This really turned out to be a great way to go about presenting the info. I was really proud of myself, too, because I understood every question the parents asked me and was able to respond appropriately. I think we're going to do one again in the near future at Laura's high school. Laura is the girl that participated in Rotary Youth Exchange last year in the United States and absolutely loved it. Also, she's going to take us to her favorite cafe in town this weekend and get us tickets to see her sister's flamenco show. I'm super excited!