Today was our first day of class with REAL SPANISH STUDENTS at a REAL SPANISH UNIVERSITY....or so we thought. A mob of approx ten of us walked in to "A Contemporary History of Spain" to find the room completely empty. We figured that because Anne was in charge of getting us there (what would we do without her!) that it was just because we were early. I decided to wear some boots as a weak attempt to be fashionable so as to impress the always stylish Spaniards who I was planning to meet in class, and just as I was getting nervous, two more kids walked in! We all tried not gawk, but we didn't try to converse either. (We're all about cultural immersion.) Obviously we were eavesdropping (a pastime I definitely miss), and someone soon noticed - they were speaking English! They were studying abroad from Colgate and it was their first class, too! As exciting as this was, they were not helpful in that they didn't know what was going on either. We asked the security guard who assured us we were in fact in the right place, and after no one else came for a half hour, we peaced out. WASTE. OF. OUTFIT. (Surprise 1: we didn't actually have class.)
Anywhoo, Erin and I had a few hours to kill before Spanish painting so we went with Katherine to the Arguelles stop (I'm a big fan of the metro) and explored! I bought a dress for 6 euro at Zara, my new fave store. We also checked out Blanco and Lefties. It was very exciting. Erin got a skirt, and we're both planning on wearing our purchases tomorrow so HOPEFULLY when we go to class, we'll actually be impressing Spaniards with our savvy fashion sense. (Surprise 2: I am occasionally aware of what is fashionable)
After Spanish painting, we came home for the first lunch we've had at home since...day 2? It was delicious, as per usual. We had some abondigos (meatballs) and homemade french fries. Angeles is a master chef. We attempted to do some homework (surprising) and headed back to school for our Madrid class! It seems so cool, so I'm super excited (or I guess supe dupe excited?) to take it! I'm going to learn about cool things to do and see in Madrid so this blog will get more interesting. (I'm clearly just taking it to up the ratings for this bad boy - gotta keep you people reading at least halfway through each entry). We came back via our least fave subway stop, Guzman el malo, for the third time that day. Soooooooo many stairs - it's unreal. These boots were made for walking (but not for this long). (Surprise 3: The subway stop is actually called Guzman el Bueno - I am just really clever even though Erin didn't laugh when I made this joke yesterday afternoon)
We came back and went for a run, to the great discontent of my feet. (Emilio's stopped making fun of us though, so I guess we're improving). We had a delicious dinner of fish and vegetables....or so we thought. We were finished, literally just about to clear our plates and sneaky Angeles struck again! She brought out two personal pizza type things and when she sees our faces of sheer disbelief she "compromises" and forces us to split one between us because, as she pointed our (with a visual aid), we are as thin as knives. While I'm not positive that's quite how the expression goes, I was still flattered enough to eat my half of the pizza. Clever, clever lady. She is worried that we're going to call our respective mothers and tell them we're not getting any food here, so I guess she's overcompensating. Please tell my host mom that we eat more than enough. (Surprise 4: I'm actually full.)
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