Tomorrow morning we leave for Paris! Verrry early I might add. We´ll probably get up around 5 and leave at like 5:45 or something. Then we have an hour flight to Madrid and 7 hours before our flight to Paris. It´s gonna be a looong day but it´ll be worth it once we get to where we´re going.

We had our final yesterday and I have my oral exam in about an hour. I´m not nervous about it just because there´s nothing I can do to prepare for it. We don´t know what we´re supposed to talk about just that we´ll be in there for 10 minutes.

The weather was finally sunny yesterday with no rain and although it wasn´t really warm, I went for a run anyways. And it should be nice today so I plan on running again. I´m proud of myself for that! Even though I´m sick I still get my butt up and exercise. Then later tonight I´ll join the girls for some shopping and we´re going to eat and sight-see with the spanish guys. :)

But this next week I won´t obviously but that´s okay becuse I´ll be able to eat what I want. Unless we go somewhere that has computers, I won´t be on the internet at all so no updates for a while.

Alrighty well, off to other things! See you in a week or so!

I can feel the pressure now.

So we found out on Monday and Sunday was our señoras birthday so yesterday we bought her some flowers and surprised her which she LOVED. Yay! We couldn´t believe we didn´t know it was her birthday - she didn´t say anything and didn´t celebrate.

The good wi-fi we´d been picking up in our room now has a lock on it so that sucks. I still get the wi-fi from before that goes in a out a lot but it usually doesn´t work for that long.

I suppose that´s okay though since we have our final tomorrow. It´s the listening, grammar, and writing part that should take somewhere around 2 hours. Thankfully we´re not starting until 10 so I´ll have some more time for sleeping! Friday is the oral exam and I go at 11:20. I have no idea what we´re supposed to talk about but I know it´s going to have to be 10 minutes. I really hope it´s more like a conversation rather than just me telling a story but I have no idea.

I´m getting sick which really sucks. I want my tea and vitamins I get when I´m home and getting sick. But alas, I don´t have them and bought some cough drops and have been using Liz´s medicine she got for her cold. Last night I barely slept at all. I don´t know why - I think I was worried about our final, getting sick, etc. Also I had a small headache throughout the night which lasted through this morning too.

We leave for Paris on Saturday! It´s just a pain because we can only bring our backpack as a carry on (not carrry on and a purse) and with all the regulations for carry-ons it might be hard to take or buy some things. But it costs extra money to check a bag and we have 5 flights which would have added up to a lot of money.

I didn´t work out yesterday but it was rainy and cold. I won´t work out tonight because it´s cold, I´m sick, and I need to study. Oh well but I wonder if my extra energy last night was somewhat due to not exercising. Hopefully tonight I´ll be exhausted anyways from studying and sleep.

Oh yeah.. there was a gas tank explosion last night or something so my school and a small area around it didn´t have electricity today which sucked because that meant no heat. Tomorrow if there´s still no electricity it´ll be even worse and we won´t be able to do the listening part of the exam.

Alright well I´m going to head home and start studying!

Camborio y Cordoba

Friday night and yesterday were interesting. Friday night we met up at 11 and went to Chupeteria. Nicole and Kathleen didn't come because Kathleen was really sick and Nicole wasn't feeling great either. We didn't stay long because no one was there so we went to a bar down the street. Then Megan, Liz, and I took a cab up to Camborio although I would have much rather walked but Megan wore her high boots.
The place itself was pretty sweet. It's like in a cave and you can see the Alhambra all lit up. It cost 6 euro to get in but that included either 5 chupitos or a bigger drink. We got there around 1 but no one really shows up until 2 we found out. Haha buuut oh well. Once people showed up it was a lot of fun! I mostly just danced by myself or with the french boys. There were other creepy guys that weren't in our group but I tried to stay away from them or get help getting away when I needed to.
Megan was way gone by the time she left - she'd been drinking during the afternoon and with us. So Liz, Jessica, Nick, and I walked home around 5. It was a nice walk back but that could've been due to the amount of alcohol we'd had.. hmm.
So we got home around 5:30 but didn't go to bed until sometime after 6. I downed a bottle of water, Liz drunk-dialed her boyfriend, and we went to bed. Liz did not feel good at all yesterday. I had a minor headache but she was definitely hungover. So I took care of her as best I could and so did senora once she figured out what the problem was.

Obviously we stayed in last night. We've been getting a constant wi-fi signal from someone else so that's been a blessing! Plus thanks to that, I got my mom's message about skyping after lunch otherwise I probably would've missed it since we slept in so late.
This morning I had to get up around 7 and scarf down my breakfast, grab my lunch from senora, and head out the door. Met up with Nicole and we went to meet up with Sarah and Jessica to find the place where the bus would be. The ride to Cordoba was alright except everyone was tired and the CLM teacher that came with us talked on and off during it with information.
We went to Madinat al-Zahra first but the actual site is under construction so we just saw some artifact things from it. Then we went to visit a synagogue, took a break for lunch, and went to the Mezquita/mosque. That was sweet and our teacher explaining things helped a lot. We walked around more with her afterwards then had half an hour before needing to meet to go to the bus. We left at 4:45, stopped for snacks/bathroom and got back at like 7:15.

I'm determined this week to figure out how to do this whole eating less thing. Tomorrow I want to see how eating only 2 pieces of toast in the morning with an apple later on goes. Then just eat a lot slower at meals and not eat it all. She'll get the point eventually and if she asks why, I'll tell her it's because I lost a lot of weight this last year and don't plan on gaining it all back. But since I usually scarf my food down, it would seem like I just don't like it if I don't eat it all.
Kathleen and Liz want to start running with me. Which.. I dunno we'll see. It could be good or bad. I've never had a steady work-out buddy so it could be nice and maybe we could motivate each other. Or they could slow me down. We'll see..

Feliz viernes!

Yay it's Friday! That means only one more week of our language intensive course class which is anything but intense for me. The only thing intense about it is that it's four hours every weekday. Other than that it's a piece of cake to what I was expecting. Although I've heard others say they're worried for when we have our actual classes, I'm kinda looking forward to it. We'll have more to do than just eat, sleep, run, use the internet, and go out.

I keep on having dreams about being back in the U.S. and thinking about how time few by, how little I actually gained from coming here, being able to eat/workout/do whatever when I wanted, etc etc. I'm loving everything here though - the good and the bad. They're all experiences and a normal part of life. It's not like I expected everything to be perfect here.. that would've been weird.

I'm looking forward to Cordoba this weekend because my art major friends are jealous that I'm going. I've looked it up and had them tell me what they know and although I may not understand the full awesomeness of being able to go, I'm grateful anyways. Even if I do have to get up around 7 in the morning..

Tonight we're going to El Camborio which is a discotheque near the Alhambra. It's in a cave or something so I've heard and it's supposed to be pretty sweet. We'll see. The only bad thing is that I think most of our group is going to be there. And we thought we were being cool and going as just our small group.. but no luck.

I bought a shirt that helps Haiti today! I feel a little better about myself. Since we always watch the news or pasabalabra while eating meals, we've seen all the stories about Haiti (over and over again I might add and while we're eating).

Mmm stracciatella ice cream..

Anyways. That's really about it. Hasta luego!

New findings.

Yesterday when I went for my run in the park, I realized that there's a section for doing other exercises. There aren't weights but you use your body to work on different parts. I also discovered a better way to run through the park so I go up/down a ramp and up some stairs.

School has been more or less the same as usual. We only have a week and half left! I'm signed up for my classes for the actual semester but I only know the times of two of them right now. I have the option of taking or not taking the Spanish art class I signed up for as an extra class but I think I'll go ahead and take it. A few of my friends are in it and I'd like to learn about it. Besides.. if everyone else has 4 or 5 classes, what would I do with only 3? It's not like I'd want to go travel by myself even if I could.

I saw the person who lives next door yesterday. He looks like he's about my age but maybe a few years older. I saw twice and the 2nd time he left with a backpack and headed somewhere so I wonder if he's a student from somewhere else who doesn't go to the same school as us. Like the other day we went to cafe futbol and met a group from U of I who said they go to a different school than us here.

Liz got a package today with some of her sweaters that her parents sent. How exciting! I plan on figuring out how to send postcards and send one to my grandparents and Paul.

Anyways.. it's probably about time to eat. Adios!

No pasa nada.

Yesterday was a day full of sleep. We went to Granada 10 for Gloria's birthday which was fun. I got back around 4 and Liz got back around 5. We slept until 11:30ish and Liz woke up not feeling too great. Too many chupitos. So I had her drink water, we went outside and got some fresh air, and eventually she felt a little better by lunch time. After we ate, we took a siesta. I slept for a little bit then got up and ran. She slept for a few hours. We came to the internet cafe and I skyped with my mom, sister, and cats for almost an hour - it was great! We went back for dinner and afterwards Liz came back to skype with her boyfriend but I hung around, got ready for bed, and called it a night around 11.

School today was alright but the guy I sit next to and do partner activities with was one that moved up from level 3 so he just doesn't always know what's going on or what to do and it's kinda frustrating for me. Then the whole class didn't know what was going on.
I went to sign up for my classes and they said I have to take 4 during the semester. I e-mailed ISU about it because I was only supposed to take 4 total - one being the class I'm taking now - and they said that was fine because it equaled 12 hours. Plus the extra class I signed up for only has one open class for 8:30 in the morning Tu/Th so even if I do have to take 4 classes, I'll probably try to change that.
After lunch today, Liz and I went to a cafe with free wi-fi but it only works for like an hour I think. We did our homework too and then went to put more euros in our phones. We shopped around a little before coming here. There's not anything to do if we go home and it was getting too late for me to go running. I found out how to watch grey's anatomy though and just got done with that.

That's really about it.
Adios!

Mi corazon.

We went to the Alhambra today through the school (so it was cheaper and one of the professors came to give us a tour) and some of the views were magnificent! And it was in the 50's and sunny so it was perfect. I fell in love with the city. The pictures I took can't capture it. And I mean sure I've seen similar views or ones that I liked better on my Europe trip but it made me appreciate Granada. We got off to a bad start since it was cold, rainy, and we were almost completely on our own. But yeah it made me remember why I came to study here and makes the negative points seem more worthwhile.

Last night, Liz, Gloria, and I met up with the two Spanish guys we met and two more of their friends. There was a mix up with being at the same store but different places. The one they went to was actually closer to our place but we haven't explored that side of town - just the area along the route we take to go to school. So anyways we went out for tapas and had a good time. I didn't talk much because the whole Spanish thing plus me being shy in general. But hopefully we'll do something with them again and we'll have more time so they can show us around Granada. It's really funny teaching them how to say American things and when they try to make Spanish jokes and we don't get them. And it's interesting to compare our different customs.

Tonight we're going to the chupeteria before heading to Granada 10 to celebrate Gloria's birthday. I'm sure tomorrow will consist of sleeping in, going for a little run, talking on skype, doing my homework, and going to bed.

So I lied about St. Patrick's day being right before spring break. It's the weekend before. But I think we're still planning on going to Ireland. Then I don't know when, but we all want to go to Greece sometime when it's warmer out so we can swim.

Alright well my battery is running low and I'll probably head back home soon.

Finally! Yesterday I went to check out the park by where I live and ran/walked around and through it. It’s nice enough now but I’m sure that when it gets warmer and hasn’t been raining all week, it’ll be a great place to run. Today, since it’d been raining so much shortly before I went out, I ran on the sidewalk around the park and down some streets but eventually made my way back. I also went up and down the stairs of our building both days. Even doing the 30 minute run/walk a day makes me feel so much happier and healthier.

Last night was ladies night at Granada 10 and most of our group (including the guys) went from about 11:30-3:30. It was a lot of fun – drinks were free, hung out with the French students, they played a lot of American old school/current popular songs, and we danced a lot. Getting 3-4 hours of sleep before class wasn’t as much fun but the cappuccino I bought during my break did wonders for me. Class was fun and interesting though.

I just bought new boots! My other ones had salt over them and since it’s been raining so much, my socks and feet were always getting wet. So I got some that are way cuter, won’t let water in, and were only 26 euros.

We have all our plane tickets bought and the down payments for the hostels in Paris and Rome. My plan for spring break (granted that my sister is coming) is to meet her in London and spend break there and Ireland. Unless we go to Ireland for St.Patrick’s Day.. but that’s on a Wednesday. We could go Thursday after classes and I’m sure they’d still be celebrating. And that’s the beginning of break, so maybe that could work out really well.. to explore Ireland then meet my sister in England. Hmm.. I guess we’ll see!

Tomorrow is finally Friday! I can’t believe we’ve only been in Granada for a week... it seems like it’s been a lot longer. Tomorrow night we’re probably going out for tapas with the two Spanish guys we met and they’re going to show us around some of Granada. Then I don’t know.. we might go see a movie or something.

Vale.. adios!

I´m at the school again using their computers. I found some wi-fi in my room the other day but didn´t have it last night. I think it´s going to be a hit and miss type thing.
Anyways school is still going pretty well. It´s easy enough and we learn a lot about the culture while improving our vocab/speaking skills as well. We have a few things to do for homework tonight which seems like a lot after having none but I don´t think it´ll be that bad.
Change of plans for our break - just Paris and Rome. But we´re having a hard time booking the 5 flights we need because for some reason it keeps on not working right. It´s way cheaper to fly but to get anywhere, we need to take a flight from Granada to Madrid, Madrid to Paris, Paris to Rome, etc. It´s kinda frustrating to try and make everything work.
Last night while Liz was at the internet cafe, I watched some TV with señora and plan on doing that more often to try to make an effort to get to know her. Plus it´s good to watch the TV or read stuff in Spanish. I get a free little newspaper on my way to school too.
Tonight is Ladies Night at Granada 10 and I think we´re going to go for a few hours at least. Two Spanish guys that Liz and I met over the weekend wanted to hang out today but she never wrote back to them - she was supposed to. Hopefully we´ll do something with them some time though. They seem nice enough but she already has a boyfriend and... we just weren´t sure how we should handle the whole situation.
As long as the rain holds off, I plan on checking out the park near our house and run around it a little bit. I feel so blah from eating so much and not working out. Sometime I´ll see what prices are for gyms but if I can be happy working out just by running outside, I´ll do that.. because it´s free. :)
Well I should wrap things up and head home soon. We´ve been late for meals a couple times and señora didn´t seem too happy about that.
¡Adios amigos!

Cold and Lost

It snowed more yesterday right around when Liz and I tried to find the other school where we had class this morning. We never found it because we managed to get ourselves really lost and ended up back in la plaza mayor. We were close to finding it when the guys we were supposed to be meeting said they were lost and we had to go back to Burger King to meet them. It was really hard to walk down the sidewalk because the snow was really wet and created slush.. which is hard to walk on going down a slick sidewalk. A group of us wanted to go see a movie but our usual group (Kathleen, Nicole, Liz, and me) separated and went to cafe futbol for chocolate con churros. That was great because it was so cold out! My feet were soaked too so that didn´t help. We left and I got to talk to my mom on skype when Liz and I went to the cafe. :)
So this morning I was supposed to meet up with one of the girls who had managed to find the school yesterday but okay funny story. Senora´s alarm was going off for a good 15-20 minutes this morning which really scared Liz and me - we didn´t know what was wrong with her. So finally she gets up to make us breakfast and go back to bed. She apparently took a sleeping pill at 5 because she could´t sleep. Anyways so I scarf down 2 out of 3 pieces of toast and half my coffee when Jessica let´s me know they´re ready but by the time I got there I called her and they´d already gone ahead and she just told me where to go. Should´ve been easy enough but I ended up getting myself lost and had to call Jessica a bunch of times and backtrack a little. I got there eventually and our teacher was a few minutes late anyways so all was good.
Class really wasn´t bad. It´s 4 hours but we have a 20 minute break and we also have 2 teachers: one before the break and one after. I understood the first one better but still understood them both pretty well. There´s about 10 students in the class and I really didn´t feel nervous talking or anything. I think it´ll be pretty fun - at least as much fun as 4 hours of an intense language class can be. We´ll start grammar stuff tomorrow - today was mostly just getting to know everyone.

I think my friends and I are going to plan a trip for our break before the semester starts and go to London, Paris, aaand Germany? About 3 days in each place. Plane tickets are so cheap here and I don´t know about train but we´re going to look into prices for everything and get that set up. Liz and I want to go to Ireland during St. Patrick´s Day or around that time if we have school. Sometime we all plan on going to Greece together too which would be awesome. They want to go to Rome as well but I´ve already been there. I mean I´ve already been to Paris too but I wouldn´t mind going again.

Right now I´m at the school waiting for Liz and some other girls to get their school ID´s. I think tomorrow I´m going to explore the other school more after class until Liz gets out because it´s awkward and boring to be at the house by myself.

The food has still been really good and always too much but yesterday she made a rice dish with shrimp, mussels, and some mini squid looking thing. We were supposed to de-head and de-tail the shrimp.. SO GROSS. I was shaking from just being grossed out all through dinner and mostly just ate the rice.

Hmm that´s about it. Adios amigos!

First night out

Last night I went out with the girls for my first time. The beginning was a little rocky because it was really cold out and we didn't know where to go so walked around for a long time. We ran into one of the teachers at the school who recognized two of the girls from their interviews and showed us a place to go but they said we were too young and would've have fun there. It was for older people. We met up with more girls and eventually went with the French students to some place. That was fun and it was very cool to be dancing with the French students while we're in Spain. It's sometimes easier to talk to them in Spanish than English but most of them can understand both.

After that place, we went to a discoteca that I didn't like as much because it was really crowded and the dancing was more like what people do back at parties in the U.S. which I'm not a fan of. There were some creepy Spaniards there and I had to have Liz help me out once. We got to get to know some of the other people in our group though and walked home with them. We got home at 5:15 and slept until 11:30.

I had a really good time overall but.. it was interesting. It'll be better once we figure out where good places are to go to and meet more people.

Apparently, my class is in the other language school instead of the one we had our exam in.. so after lunch we're going to go find it and see where it is and how long it takes to get there. My guess is at least half an hour sooo yeah that's kinda a bummer since class starts at 9. Senora will have to wake up early for me.

Once school starts, I don't know if I'll be updating as much but I will try to every couple days. :)

A few things that surprised me about Granada:

They play mostly American music in the stores. So I get to hear my Lady Gaga, Britney Spears, etc.
There doesn't seem to be commercials on TV, at least not what we watch which is mostly news.
They have orange trees here.. but our friend from France says the oranges are bitter.
Dogs are always roaming the streets with their owners but aren't on leashes.
Even little kids are often dressed much more nicely than I am (or other people).

Anyways. I bought a red coat today! It was only 20€ and looked/felt great! I've always wanted a red coat but needed to get my black one first.. but now I have a red one from Granada! Que fantastico!
We're still just wandering the streets, trying to learn more about Granada and shopping along the way.
The food continues to be excellent and often too much but we eat almost all of it anyways.
We hung out with one of the french students that's rooming with two of my friends today. We also met two of her friends later for a couple minutes. I like spending time with people from different countries. :)

I got to talk to my mom last night for a little bit on the phone! And we have a skype date tomorrow because I found out that we can use the headphones at the cafe to talk on skype without disturbing too many people. There's also a cafe with free wi-fi that we need to check out sometime..

Alright well I should be going. We need to drop our computers off at the house and meet the girls to do some more shopping.

Here is something I wrote on my computer earlier but I just now got to the cafe:

Although it is still an inconvenience, I don’t feel as upset about not having internet in the house now as I did yesterday. It will force me to either see more of Granada, have a workout schedule, read books, and concentrate on homework/studying once that gets going. Sure I still want it for communication but I will be perfectly fine if I only check my e-mail once a day or so and keep in contact that way. We’ll have internet access at the school and are going to find the free internet cafes. I’ll get my phone tonight although I won’t use it much. The food has been really good but still way too much. I think our food today had tuna in it though which I didn’t find out until afterwards when Liz told me. She probably doesn’t realize that fish are included in the vegetarian thing. Other than that, we’ve had soup, Spanish tortillas, bread, spaghetti, fruit, and vanilla pudding. Her daughters joined us for lunch and are really nice but I feel bad because they remember our names but I have no clue what theirs are.
This morning we had our placement test. It went alright. My brain hurt afterwards. Haha. I didn’t get to the last question on the writing part and I was having trouble with a few of the multiple choice ones. The oral part would have gone better if it weren’t so noisy in the room and I could hear her better. But I still think I did okay and got placed as intermediate, which is good. I definitely didn’t want to be in the advanced classes. So they’ll email us tonight about when our classes are for the language intensive class. Then in about a week or so, we’ll get our regular classes set up. I’m just glad the test is done and we can spend the weekend exploring the city. However.. it’s snowing right now. I thought we left that behind in Illinois! But yeah it’s pretty cold outside.
Alright well after my large lunch, I think it’s time for a siesta! ☺

Bienvenidos a Granada?

Alright so I'm trying to keep an open mind but honestly.. today has not been that great. Getting to the bus, it was raining and it took a long time to get our luggage on. On the train, I was with a bunch of girls I never hang out with and tried to sleep since I only got about 1-2 hours last night buuut that didn't work so well. We got to our senora okay and she's super nice and I really like her. She was really welcoming, giving us besos and whatnot. She fed us some good spaghetti, salad, and bread. The place is pretty small but what's there is nice. The table we eat at is neat - it has a heater underneath it and you put the blanket/tablecloth on your lap and stay nice and toasty since the rest of the house is a little chilly. Our bedroom reminds me a lot of my room in El Paso. We have our own closets, 2 beds, a small table in the corner, a bedstand, and a couple shelves. But that's okay.. it's a room to put my stuff and sleep in. No desks sure but.. I think she would let us use other rooms in the house for that.
The thing that sucks in having no internet. There's an internet cafe nearby but it costs money. We're going to tell the school but even if she agrees to get it I don't know how long it would take and when we'd actually have it. It just sucks all-around to not have it there and to have to pay for it here.
It's also a very cold and wet day. And tomorrow we have our placement test at the school early in the morning.
Eh it's just.. not what I expected. I set my expectations too high.
Anyways.. my battery is really low and we're supposed to be back for dinner soon.
I'm really bummed that I can't talk to my mom on skype now. I miss my family. :(

Wandering the streets of Madrid

These last two days have been very long but mostly in a good way. And the time change and lack of sleep probably contributes to that.
We wandered around last night and eventually settled on eating at this sandwich place and got sangria too. We stayed out a little longer then came back to the hostal, got ready for bed, and crashed around 11. Unfortunately, I woke up around 3 and never really fell back asleep. We all got up around 6:30 and ate breakfast around 8. The breakfast was so good! So was the coffee. :)
Liz and I wandered around more after breakfast and came back to get ready for orientation. Lunch was provided by Accent at the restaurant next to us and was really good too. I didn't finish all of it. Afterwards, we had the orientation and then a walking tour.
After the tour, people could stick around and watch the three kings parade or do their own thing. They're still celebrating Christmas here because they get most of their gifts tomorrow because that's when the three wise men came with gifts. Therefore, most of the town is closed down tomorrow and we have a scavenger hunt. Anyways. We didn't watch the parade - we came back here to pick up some things and headed out. Stopped by the souvenir place first. Then the market to get some cheese, bread, and drinks. I tried a rose wine and more sangria to celebrate my birthday a day late and Megan's birthday a day early, Then we went to the Chocolateria and had chocolate con churras - delicious!
We came back and the girls I was with left to find a discoteca but I stayed to take a shower and be here in time for my skype date with my mom. I would've liked to have gone but since I don't have a phone it's hard to rearrange skype dates.. plus I wasn't entirely in the mood.
So tomorrow we plan to go to the Prado museum, do the scavenger hunt, and figure out other stuff to do I guess. Then Thursday morning we pack up and head to Granada! I'm excited to get there and get settled then be able to get into a routine. I can't wait to run again. :)

Bienvenidos a Madrid!

I can't believe that I'm here in Madrid, Spain and that I won't be seeing America for 5 months! I always thought the people who studied abroad were so awesome so it's hard to believe I'm here.

Anyways. Our flight was long and stressful but what matters is that we made it safely! The flight from Chicago to Germany was incredibly long and although many people slept some, I could only pretend to sleep for a few hours since it was late afternoon our time. I watched Cars and some TV shows that repeated on the airplane screens, listened to music, ate, and talked a little.

When we arrived in Germany, we would have had an hour layover but our flight getting in was late so we were freaking out and doing our best to get through the 2 sections of security and to our flight. However, we had to take a bus to get to our plane and were there 20 minutes after our plane was supposed to leave. Luckily the plane couldn't leave for Madrid for a while anyways due to weather I think.. but it's fine now. Liz and I took a cab here and talked to the driver along the way. Well mostly he talked, Liz talked back some and I tried my best to understand bits and pieces of the conversation.

When we got to our hostal, we all took some much needed naps. Eventually I got up and took a shower then found stuff to do around the room. Eventually everyone was up and we decided to wander around and find a place to eat. After we ate we walked around some more and looked at some of the shops set up. I'm looking forward to tomorrow when we'll have slept, ate a decent meal, and are shown around Madrid by Accent.

And while I'm still scared about speaking the language, I'm excited knowing that I'll get better and more comfortable.. eventually. :)

Alright well - Adios!