My host brother Dani is hilarious, just putting that out there. Here is a prime example:
We were sitting around the dinner table, pretty much playing ask the foreign students anything you want. Dani asked us all about where we are from. When I told him that I was most recently from Arizona he got so excited that he hopped up from his chair. He scrambled away from the table and quickly returned with none other than........a mini cactus.
Dani: "¡Mi cactus esta enferma!" (my catus is sick)
Me: "y..." (and...)
Dani: "Tu vives en arizona no?" (you live in arizona right?)
Me: "sî..." (yes...)
Dani: "Tienes muchos de estos no?" (you have a lot of these right?)
Me: "si..." (yes...)
Dani: "Entonces debe ser una doctora de los cactuses! Puedes curar mi cactus enfermo?!" (then you should be a cactus doctor. can you fix my sick cactus?)
Me: no... hahhahahahaha (lots of laughing)
Go figure, Dani has three cacti that he is growing, and one of them is not faring so well. It has shrunk and is turning a yellowish color. Unfortunately, I am not an expert in the area, but we definitely got a good laugh from the whole debacle.
Another funny story: So, we have been struggling with our communication all week because no one in our house speaks a lick of English. I understand a lot of the conversations, but I have a hard time responding with my limited language knowledge. Well, one night Juana told us that Dani had studied for a couple months in England and could translate a bit for us. I started asking him how to say English words that I didn't know in Spanish, and, suspiciously, he could answer every one of my questions. Finally I asked him, "Dani, hablas ingles?" He looked at me with a mischievous grin and responded "Si, por su puesto!" Of course he spoke English fluently, and we had no idea! Oh, Dani, what a little trouble maker. We still can't speak in English with our family, but it is nice to know that if we need a translator Dani has our backs.
Te Amo de España,
Brooke
