Show By RALPH P. V DE In the Santa Cruz district of which was once a Jewish one may not sing or make noise after 1 a.m. This is a sensible law because the fun-loving some descendants of the would without such a rule sing all night long or dance Bailes into the morning The streets are so narrow that an English girl in our pension was often kept awake at night due to the coughing of a man across the I LIVED at the Santa which was owned and operated by Senor Jaun Alonso who had three lovely teenage and and a ten year old At least three times during my six week neighbors were called the girls made an especially elaborate the son wore his newest white suit with knee and we had an evening of singing and dancing ONE OF THE SONGS often sung by a neighbor in a high nasal voice literally translated sounds rather can't I can't don't send me papers because I can't just send me with the feverish clapping of the bright dresses of the graceful swift movements of the and the guitar accompaniment one forgot the meaning of the words or even appreciated It was always the which BECAUSE of our classes at the university we ate breakfast at 8 a.m. which wasn't to the liking of the They didn't like working an hour earlier than had been their Since the breakfast consisted only of a dry pastry and choice between coffee or warm milk I rather sympathized with We further broke tradition by eating lunch at 1 p.m. and dinner at 9 p.m. Jaun and his wife never had dinner before 11 p.m. OUR PENSION was truly Three Danish girls and a Fin represented the a Belgian girl compared Spanish life with that of the low Two Swiss talked of the land of famous Janine told us about life in southern Sigord came from northern and four English girls were good will ambassadors for Great There were ot course other guests who stayed for shorter periods of Conversations were Each student seemed to want to typify his a young Swiss lawyer who was furthering his knowledge of Spanish as part of a vacation wore a and white shoes daily no matter how hot the weather and one of the English purposely overdid her English of There were more than a hundred students enrolled in the special classes for foreigners in addition to the ones living in our We often met in cafes or at the city's best swimming pool to discuss impressions of southern At the University we were tested in order to determine our knowledge of When our level was ascertained we were drilled each day in and The time was limited and the material Still nobody forgot that this was a summer vacation |