Even though it's hard to believe, it's true! I've already been in Madrid for a month! It seems crazy, because for the months leading up to the trip I got very used to telling everybody I would be in Spain for five months, and now I'll be home in fewer than four! While the time has flown by, looking back I can see that I have easily done a month's worth of activities and work, what with already being done with the intensive Spanish course, and having traveled to Paris and Toledo.
The next month will be just as exciting as the first... this coming Saturday we have a group excursion to some famous sights around the greater Madrid area, such as the Royal Gardens in Aranjuez, and the famous Universidad de Alcala de Henares. And just one week after that, Mom will be here to visit for an entire week, which ends in me traveling to Granada to see the Alhambra, the most visited site in Spain! Not to mention, my real classes start tomorrow. I'll be taking 20th Century Spanish Theater, Spanish Cinema, Contemporary Spanish Culture, and Contemporary Spanish Novel.
I don't really have much else to say today, but there are a few random things I can tell you! For example: the elevator in my apartment building (I live on the fifth floor) has a very strange smell. I cannot identify it, but it is very weird.
In the park about one kilometer from my apartment there is a HUGE netted-in driving range. It's really sweet, and it makes me wish I had my clubs here.
Ummm... I now eat pickled carrots and beets? It's not by choice, but the only two things I told Angelina at the beginning of my stay that I didn't like were tomatoes and coconut. So everything else I just go with the flow. I also eat fish now, which I don't particularly enjoy, as well as fried eggs. Yuck. But I'm getting all of my meals prepared for me, so I can't complain! After living on my own at school for a few years now, I feel quite spoiled at my homestay. My laundry is done for me once a week, and my room and bathroom get cleaned as well. I could get used to this!
Anyway, I think that's all... wish me luck with my classes tomorrow, and I'll check in soon! Ciao!
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