Today was the first day in class on my own. I had a lesson with just me in the class before when Ahmed didn't turn up, but it was different because there were other classrooms with lessons and the place still felt full of people. It was definitely different being just me and Cristina, because the rest of the building was empty and we were alone together, even when we went for a coffee during the break.

When there's just the two of us in the classroom, there is a greater tendency to get side-tracked and start talking about things unrelated to the course, but it's good anyway because it gives me a chance to practice speaking and it often leads to me learning some new vocabulary. When we left the school Cristina was walking in the same direction as me so we walked together, and also talked a bit in English, but we soon reverted back to Spanish because it is more natural for us.

When I got in for lunch, Oliver was at the house and this time he was with his girlfriend, Elvira. I wasn't that hungry at lunch time, but I had Gazpacho soup followed by a pasta dish that was similar to paella but with small pieces of pasta instead of rice. It was really nice but I couldn't eat much of it. After lunch I went for a siesta.

When I woke up I went back downstairs and sat in the living room with Charo, and a short while later Elvira came in and joined us. When the program they were watching had finished Charo left and I chatted to Elvira for more than an hour. Her voice is extremely fast, but for some reason I find it to be really clear and easy to understand, unlike Cristian and Oliver who I often have to ask to repeat themselves. Elvira told me that she is studying at University in Madrid to be a lawyer, and we talked about some of the differences between living in England and Spain. She told me that she keeps chickens and showed me some pictures on her phone, so I showed her my chicken blog and some of the photos of Toledo on this blog. It actually made me feel really good speaking to her because she spoke really fast and kept asking me questions, and I barely had to ask her to repeat herself.

When Oliver and Elvira left, Paula went with them. Paula is going to be away with them until Friday so I think the house is going to be really quiet! When she said goodbye she gave me a kiss on the cheek. I actually think I'll miss having Paula around because she spends quite a lot of time with me and she's always highly amusing.