Last week was my first real week of classes. Seems fine. The only class that seems hard is my literature class that is composed of analyzing Spanish plays of the 20th century. We have to read a play every week and a half and one week later a five page paper is due. The others will definitely be manageable. Plus, this semester I'm in school only t/w/th, so there's really no excuse for not getting my work done. Plus, since most people (namely my friends) did not luck out with such a schedule, my Mondays off I won't really have anyone to hang out with, so it'll be a good study day.
Friday we went to Segovia. It's a city about an 1hr 15mins north of Madrid. It was built by the Romans around the time of Christ and so there is a Roman Aqueduct running through the middle of the city! My pics are on facebook. It was functional until 1979 when the population of Segovia was too big for the aqueduct to support. So technically it still works, they just don't use it. Those Romans were amazing, huh!?
That was a fun day trip. We also toured El Alcazar, which was a huge fortress/castle, to protect various religions from various intruders (most recently, the Christian Spanish Kings keeping out the Arabs in 1098.) It was BEAUTIFUL. We also went to La Granja Palacio which was a beautiful palace build by Fernando V to look like Versailles because he was french and when it turned out he was the Spanish king too, he wanted to do it the way he was used to. It was pretty too. I've learned one thing: Castles are COLD!....but beautiful. I liked Alcazar more than La Granja.
About 12 people of our group went on to Salamanca after that. I was invited but it was too last minute and rushed for me to deal with it. And I'm glad I didn't go because I ended up having a little cold this weekend, and so that would have been terrible. They're planning another trip to somewhere, I think Barcelona, and I'll go to that one. I just need more than 12 hour notice.
Today I went to Madrid's "El Rastro" flea market. It was pretty cool, big, and had everything you could want. It's only Sundays and was SO crowded! I really don't think my roommate enjoyed it, so we didn't stay too long. But I'll go back again, probably closer to when I leave though. Bought some earrings, and a present for my step-mother.
I'm still not into a good routine, but this week of school should be normal.
There is some drama in the group over girls wanting boys and blah blah blah, but I'm not involved at all, so I'm staying out of it. I'm sure we'll all settle in...
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