FINALLY!

Alright, I´m back everyone! (or the two people who probably read this) So much has happened since I´ve been in Spain. It´s such an amazing experience! Other than the random homesickness, I´ve had an incredible time. The computer lab is on the other side of town, so I don´t know how often I´ll be able to post. But I´ll try to at least twice a week. So here´s just a brief look at some of the things that happened so far...

The trip was the LONGEST OF MY LIFE. Somewhat fun, but looooong. I ended up traveling for about a day with only two hours of rocky speech on the plane. ¡AY!

Once we got to Madrid, Angela and I had to take the Metro to get to the train station. We went the wrong way and ended up spending over an hour on what should have taken like ten minutes. But we got to see the beautiful tunnels of Madrid! Twice!

After meeting some pretty swell Americans on the train, I moved in with my host. She´s an older woman who is very nice but also very set in her own ways. There´s also another student from Japan living there. Also, my host is a really great cook. Everyone has been complaining about the food but I´m loving it. Apparently, I don´t eat very much (like spaniards) and drink too much water.

The first day of class was today, and I really enjoyed it. I´m already understanding so much more. And the classes are kind fun. (Kind of = I did not enjoy Spanish art. yuck.) But after five hours of classes I was ready to NAP!

Something that I find interesting is that almost all the families here eat in front of the TV. Yesterday we watched Los Mujeres Desperados. Yes, Desperate Housewives. Dubbed in Spanish. At least it was better than the telenovela I watched about this hobo that kept popping up at people´s houses and causing trouble. Clearly, I did not understand it very well.

Another thing that I think is really funny is that there is American music everywhere. My friends and I went to the bank the other day and "Single Ladies" was playing. I guess they don´t understand the meaning. Oh well.

So I keep going back and forth on whether I will lose or gain weight while I´m here. There is so much walking to do, but the pasteles (sweets) are so tempting. I had Ben & Jerry´s the other day (I know, very spanish) and a donut today. NOM NOM.

One of the best things about Spain: Everything shuts down for about two hours for lunch and NAP TIME!! As you can probably tell by the all caps, I love naps.

One of the worst things about Spain (that my parents tried to warn me about): Nothing is very cold. All of the drinks are just a little bit colder than room temperature.

I know I haven´t uploaded pictures yet. But I haven´t taken any. I´m planning on a day soon to go out with my friends and take a bunch of pictures.

This weekend I´m heading to Toledo. I´m really excited to meet more people in the program and explore a little more of Spain. ¡Hasta luego!