Reloj De Fantasia

(1st playground)

As the local kids have still school holydays this week, the playgrounds are opened in the mornings. This means that Iza (my colleague & cohabitant) and I have to leave the flat at 8 ó clock. At this time it´s cold and windy outside…. Who would have thought it could be cold and windy in Tenerife?!  Whatever, we arrived at the first playground on Wednesday morning, excited. When we entered I wasn´t only stunned by the view right into a deep canyon next to the playground and the high mountains on the other side but also positively surprised by the big area being part of the playground: two football fields and the building itself. Even if it was obvious that at least one of the fields already passed its best times. The two teachers were congenial at once- one of them even tried to translate the most important things into English. Once in a while. The kids themselves were called upon to speak extra slowly and clearly. In contradiction to my expectance they have been shy for about ten minutes but then they talked, reported and narrated without a break and a short “Sí” motivated them to speak for another half an hour. But of course are there also situations when they ask you something and an answer is expected… what then? There is no universal answer to all questions which just can be learned by rote… I need Spanish lessons. At once!  Even the kids recognized this and so it happened that some tried to teach me. This is how I learned the colors and going shopping for vegetables during one day J Some single kids are additionally already interested in learning German and I have to dictate them basic sentences….so far so good. But won´t the kids get bored speaking to me after few days when there´s no answer to expect?

playing football at >30°