¡Estoy enamorada con Toledo!

Well, it´s been an interesting past couple of days to say the least. I left off on Friday morning...

I had my entrevista oral after I wrote my last post, which didn´t really end up being much of an interview. The professor just determined that the classes I had pre-registered for were the right ones for me, and I got my class schedule. I have 3 classes on Mondays, 4 on Wednesdays, and one on both Tuesdays and Thursdays. Everyone has Fridays off, and every now and then they will take us on a group trip on Fridays. This coming Friday we are going to Madrid!

Later that night we had a really long meeting about all the logistics of the program and being safe in Spain. Then we had our welcome dinner, which was so cool! There were numerous tables lined with hors d´oeuvres (I guess you would call them tapas, I don´t know if all appetizer-type things are referred to as tapas though...). But everything was sooo delicious. Then a Spanish band came in with their guitars and tambourines, all decked out in traditional attire. They played lots of songs that none of the Americans really knew, but the Puerto Ricans on our program knew them pretty well haha. I got some pictures of them that I will post on my facebook later today.

Then came time for the nightlife! It was one of the girl´s 21st birthday, so a big group of us went out to a local club to celebrate. It is so strange for me to be able to go up to the bar and order a drink! It was really fun though. I had a flaming shot, which was worth it to be able to say i took a shot that was on fire haha. But it was really good to meet a lot of the other people on the program, since most of the people there were in our program. There were a few old creepy Spanish men, and I think a lot of us learned how to deal with them that night! It was a really good time though.

The next morning, those of us who could drag ourselves out of bed went on a guided tour of Toledo. We started out on a bus which stopped at the scenic points, and then we got out and walked around in small groups with a tour guide. She explained a lot about the architecture and history and religion of what we were seeing, and she was speaking in pretty fast Spanish but I got the jist of what she was saying most of the time. It was just really cool to walk the streets and not worry about being lost, since it is so easy to on these streets. A few girls and I went to a cafe afterwards, where I got some tea (I miss it...) and then we went back to the Fund for lunch and a long siesta. When I woke up, I got showered and ready for a more low-key night out!

We went to a bar just down the street for some vino y tapas. It was really nice just sitting outside and talking over the food and drinks. The other girls had heard of a hookah bar not too far away, so I went along since I am all about new experiences now haha. I was the only one who hadn´t ever done hookah before lol. I am still not 100% sure if I understand the point of it because I didn´t really feel anything (maybe I didn´t do it right...I thought I did though), but it was still a fun social thing to sit around and talk over.

Well, today I am just taking it easy before classes start tomorrow! I will check in on the vikings game tonight too haha. I will probably make my posts a little more general after this, they are so long!

Ok hasta luego!

Angie