catching up.

oh boy where to start! ive only been here a few days and i feel like i have so much to share and catch yall up on. wednesday we had our orientation for the program and basically, i will have classes monday through thursday from 930-115 then home for lunch and the rest of the afternoon and evenings are free. so clearly that means i like to go on an adventure everyday. so far we have only ventured to this one section of town puerte del sol and the plaza mayor de madrid. its basically a downtown area with way too many shops and all the sorts. but whats also kind of cool is that the country just had elections and now there are people camping out in sol as protests to the ways people are elected and saying the government is corrupt. so its really just interesting because as soon as you step off the metro, you see thousands of signs. encouraging note: i cant read most of them and understand them :)

so with these fun little adventures we, a group of chicas, tend to do a little shopping. now yall know one of my goals was the learn to dress like a sassy spaniard, and its a little difficult. but i started the process yesterday and bought some sassy sandals. ill try and rock em in the states, but we shall see.

today we took our first class field trip. i decided to call them field trip fridays. and todays adventure was to segovia spain. it was about an hour bus ride from madrid and literally this town has so much history. we went to an a castle which was a summer home for most of the kings and queens, climbed the town and saw all sorts of fun things. i also met a boy. his name is juan, he loves holding my hand and hes my charming knight, but he doesnt talk much.

meet juan. ok, ill stop with the punny jokes. im laughing at myself, because we all know i think im hilarious.

we also went and visited this gothic cathedral. i dont know much about what a "gothic" cathedral is, but oh my this place was huge and full of so much old stuff, actually the bodies or previous priests and basically monuments to each of them. it was beyond beautiful, and what was really cool is that it opened up the religion topic with some of the friends. so, needless to say, that was a bit interesting.

another fun thing i checked off the list today in segovia, was my cross! i had been looking in shops in madrid for a cross, and jokes on me, the only one i found was 423 euros! um, no. but i found an incredible, i guess its iron, cross en segovia for only 7, so thats my official cross from spain. i love how different this collection is going to be.

so this is just a bit of what i have done so far. and i guess now i can just share my randomness. i like lists, so ill just use a list.

1. i can use the metro, no fear. that didnt take long

2. early mornings, coffee, and sweet time with the lord start me off everyday.

3. chocolate crescents. YUM!

4. overseas coffee dates are wonderful.

5. concha (my spanish mom) cracks me up! yall, she is a little sassy. and cant pronounce the z sound in zoeys name. hilarious.

6. im obsessed with skype.

7. they all know im american, so i quite trying to fit in and embraced my inner tourist.

8. no a/c when its 90 degrees = sweatyyyy

9. I GET TO SEE CAITLIN SHEFFIELD IN TWO WEEKS! FREAKING OUTTTTT!

10. i feel like i live in the future since im 6 hours ahead.

11. someone requested being added to the "goals" list. heres your shout out. i have a goal to chat with you mucho. duh.

12. my pup back home is officially naked! (summer haircut of course.)

thats about all thats on my mind for now. sorry for my randomness and super long post and any bad grammar and such, its just 3 in the morning here. but ill try and do better, promise. love yall!