UIM

During my time here in Spain I have an internship at La Unión Iberoamericana de Municipalistas. Honestly it seems like the organization does everything under the sun. Mostly though, it is promoting better communities. They have departments that range from schools with English classes to urbanism and sustainable development research. Mostly I've been doing office work (understandable since it was my first week), but the director recently asked if I wanted to help with the English Immersion courses. Of course I said yes! ONe of the more interesting things about Spain is the amount of breaks they take during the day. This is not to say that Spaniards are lazy. On the contrary, they work just as many hours as we do per day, but they get breaks where they can shake the stress off during the day. For instance, second breakfast does exist. It tends to occur between 10:45 and 11:45 (sometimes noon). I normally just have a coffee or bring a piece of fruit from home, but many people go out, get a coffee and toast and relax for about 10 - 15 minutes. Then there's the best descanso (break) of them all: the lunch hour. This term is misleading since it lasts between 2 and 3 hours and also includes a 10 - 40 minute siesta (doctors say that 30 minutes is best). However, work goes on here until 8 in the evening. Oh, my life is just so hard right now.