Painting & studying Spanish

Every morning I head off to my Spanish classes in the Mester building just a couple of blocks away. It is stimulating and a lot of fun to be involved with so many bright, fresh young people from so many countries across the globe.  The era of the ugly American is past. Now we are among the most accepted and admired of the global travelers. Our students are more serious, and well behaved, and inquisitive about history, social habits, and political view-points.

Americans are very supportive and open minded about the very important subject of SPORTS!, primarily 'futbol' (soccer).  We love to cheer for the host country's team, consequently they love us.


I am finding time to paint every day now and really enjoying it. Here are some new ones. The weekend field trips are to such beautiful and picturesque locations. Of course, I have to paint these in my apartment as it is impossible to do more than take lots of photos and endeavor to see as much as is humanly possible.