Ill do a short post because I have to be in class in 10 minutes. Madrid has been awesome. We have visited so many places in just a week. The most famous of them being; The Prado museum, Salamanca, Segovia, Puerta Del Sol, and Plaza España the site of the Spanish revolution in 1808. Thats not even half the places we'have visted in 7 days. Im exhausted. Moreover, dinner isnt until 930 or 10 at nite. Im lucky to get to bed at 12. The family i live with couldnt be nicer. I live with the mother Rosa, and her 18 year old son Dylan.
The only things about madrid that drives me crazy is the heat, and the smoking. Everyone in Europe smokes! Its unbelievable. I was placed in the bigginner level which is fine with me because its still hard. Im learning a ton but four to five hours of classes a day is a little much for me. We have to buy our own luches every day and food here is really expensive. The cheapest luch at a store or restaurant is about 5 euros. Our house is a 30 minute metro ride to school and its 1 euro per trip. I have to go back to class now ill do another post in a couple of days.
Ethan,
ReplyDeleteWonderful to read that you are having a great time. Sounds like you are keeping extremely busy. What a fantastic experience. Your Spanish was really good before and will be even better after this trip - we'll have to go on another trip to a Spanish-speaking country! What is your favorite local dish?
Jim and I summited Mount Rainier! Continue to have fun.
I look forward to reading more posts.
Julie