Volunteering

Well, today was the first day of volunteering at La Residencia Volta do Castro. It's a nursing home and I will be there every Monday. It was an experience. I spent the first hour pushing a gentleman in his wheelchair up and down the hallway. Then I spent the next two and a half hours playing dominos. A lot of los mayores at la residencia only speak Gallego (the regional language of Galicia), so it was very difficult to communicate. Luckily during dominos they focus so much on the game that they barely talk, but by the end of my shift I was able to talk with two men who speak castellano. They told me they love playing dominos con los jovenes. It's nice to feel welcome! My experience also shows how the game of dominos is truly international and played at every nursing home in the world (haha). Being there also reminded me of volunteering at the nursing homes at home, the only difference was the language. Overall, it was fun and the boys at the dominos table told me I owe them more games.