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Travel to Spain

CORONA-VIRUS

As Times Passes In The Pandemic
By Medhi Vallet

As we all lay at home watching empty streets through our protective windows, we see the emptiness

We had exercised, read more books and spent more time with our most loved ones learning how to adapt in this adventure of craziness

Listing to the streets for any sign of noise but we could only hear the birds singing some have found different sides of themselves become more mindful and think differently

As time passed waiting for the Earth the heal and hoping we could fight for this and protect ourselves we waited...

When Danger eased people, our friends, and everyone was together cars started making noise streets came with giggles and together we were making new choices and knowing how important our plant is

3. Spanish Lockdown March 14
Great now I have to stay inside without being able to do anything outside this is probably going to be boring but I am may discover new things and have more family time

5 . Traveling to Sapin 24 Januraray

We were preparing the home by cleaning the floors from top to bottom and making sure everything was ok, I don't usually like long flights you feel like there is not enough space to sleep and I get a bit bored waiting in lines for the check-inn.

7 .Staying with Grandparents (Adrian's side) January 24- February 25
Seeing my grandparents was very nice we had not seen them for a while my grandparents are very nice and I love playing board games with them

6 .Furnishig apartment moving on February 25- March March 5
Yay a new "home" for us I like decorating and furnishing places this will be a new fun adventure

8 .CNY Celebration 22 January
We finally finished a few weeks of hard work, now we can have a break we had colorful dragons to fun activities I enjoyed the food especially I was going to miss my friends but I also was going to Spain!

6 .Spanish School 2 March- 14 March
Finally some human contact this will be very different from ISB

4 .School delayed E-learning starts Feb 3
I'm worried about how much work there is going to be how will I deal with this new adventure also what about my friends

8 .Dad visiting February 28
So much fun We went to many places and bought board games then his flights got canceled twice when leaving, more time for me

8 .Grandparents (Moms side) visiting 8 March-12 March
Yay grandpa is coming here I am so excited to see him he is so funny and makes everyone laugh

Dear Diary,
Today is my first day heading to Spanish school! Everything is ready, and I can not wait for my new adventure! The gate was right in front of me, Petrified I was, I entered the building. We headed to the headmaster's office we met a young woman, she was friendly to me and requested that my teacher came to take me to class, I hugged my mom she kissed me goodbye, my professor led me to the classroom she spoke a bit of English and was very kind we had arrived. I had a good look at my classmates I could tell who was mischievous and who was a model student, the students were very friendly to me they all wanted me to accompany them. The School was a lot smaller than ISB, and the classrooms were less futuristic than my regular classrooms, we had a chalkboard where the teacher wrote most of the time and a projector but we barely used it, we were also writing on paper and reading textbooks (No computers) this was odd for me. Our first-class was science we were studying chemical reactions, then we had the police come to teach us about how social media is dangerous. The rest of the day continued fine with the classes I understood quite a lot of the subjects even though Spanish is not my first language.

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Dear Diary,
It has been a while in confinement and I am doing many things to keep busy and not be bored I am working on a Picasso inspired art painting and I have many books that I have been reading. My mom made a delicious tagine a famous Morrocan specialty, the workload has not been too bad though I am getting a bit bored of staying inside and not being at school. I wonder how different it will be when we get back to Beijing, it feels so weird that we have several so-called "homes"