Let's catch up, shall we?!..

AHHH! omg wow I seriously suck at this whole blog thing! So, on Wednesday morning Juliana and I moved my stuff from the hotel and into my new "habitación"...I like to call it "the box". It's teeny. But, it's manageable and it will do. I've started to meet more and more of my flatmates and so the whole place is growing on me more and more! But anyway, so after I did a quick set of of my apartment, Juliana and I took the train to Toledo where I stayed the next 2 days. It is BEAUTIFUL!! It's seems like something you'd see in a magazine! All of the buildings are soo old and the streets!...they are soo narrow, it's crazy!! When Juliana and I would be walking the street and hear a car we would yell, "Coche, coche!", and literally flatten ourselves against the building wall to not get hit. And the people don't slow down either. I don't now how they do it. But I loved the city. Cobblestone everywhere, stained glass, the detail on the buildings were incredible! It is sad, but after my day and a half of walking the city, my calves got really sore because it is so hilly. Here is where I had my first churro con chocolate! Delicioso!! Oh, and sleeping at night there for me...impossible! The cathedral bells go off EVERY hour, even throughout the night. And then I randomly noticed that every morning, this other bell would sound for seriously 2 minutes at a time about every 15 minutes. And basically all windows are constantly open so theres no way to baracade the noise. But whatever, it was part of the beauty and the experience! I bought this leather purse thing from this quaint little shop and I bought my first postcard to mark the beginning of my travels!

On Friday morning I travelled back to Madrid all by myself and everything worked out perfectly. Everyone is so friendly and willing so help out!....so far When I got back I met up with Tori and had my first legal cerveza at lunch. Mmmm! Later that day we met one of the girls that lives in my apartment. Her name is Soojin and she is from South Korea and super nice. There is also a girl from Italy and Spain that live with me that are really nice also. And it's been fun practicing my Spanish! On Friday night Tori's 2 friends from Guadalajara and we all hit up the "gayborhood"! It was tons of fun....and interesting! omg and there is this street in Spain...like, a poppin, pretty large street that have prostitutes lined all up and down it. Night and day. And, they are not trying to be sneaky about it..it's so obvious! It's well, different! So Friday night was my first night out on the town and it was great! It's so weird to me (and awesome!) that the nights don't really begin until 12-1 and then go until 5-6 in the morning! We went to a really big, nice looking club at about 12:30 (an hour and a half before american clubs typically close) and it was empty because the people said they don't get crowded until about 3:30am! It's strange to me to see people swarming the streets even at 11 on a weekday.

So, my street I live on. It's awesome. I forget if I mentioned this in my last post (I think I did), but the broadway production of El Rey Leon will literally be right across the street from my apartment starting in October!!!!...that's the Lion King broadway musical!! I totally want to go!! eek! But on my street, there you can find anything and any type of person. It's pretty sweet. And El Corte Ingles (a store) is the bomb! Cheap stuff and it sells EVERYTHING! I've been there many times already.

Saturday Soojin and I spent the day touring Madrid together. That was the first time I went to the Plaza Mayor and it was really neat! Outdoor resturants basically surround the place. Soojin and I ate there that evening. The street acts are interesting though! Some can be kind of annoying but others are actually really good! I kind of want to put on a street act just for the fun of the experience one of these days! We went to the Parque del Retiro and it was so beautiful! I absolutely loved it. It gave me a break from the hustle and bustle of the city. Now I realize it's kind of like Madrid has the best of both worlds...the excitement of the big city combined with easy access to such a beautful, peaceful, and impressively large park! I already have visions of me going there to tan, have a picnic, and kick back like the delicate, petite girl that I'm not in one of the boats on the lake while my main squeeze (whom has yet to be found haha) paddles for us! Yeah right, in my dreams!! So after the park we went to the Museo del Prado..a famous museum of art in Spain, well even the world! It was so interesting. Soojin and I took about 3 hours, looked at basically every single painting/sculture, read it's story/information, and we only got through one section! It's huge! But no worries because I have plenty of time to return! It was all just incredible! And all I could think about was senior year of high school spanish class with Sra. Maestas and learning about all of the famous artists and their works of art. I still can't believe I was actually there and the people actually painted them. Some of them were from like 20-60 A.D. or something. It was crazzyy!!

Saturday night was a success! It was Tori, Soojin and me. We first went to this Irish Pub, had a few brewskis and continued our evening to many other clubs and bars. This is a random comment but I just love meeting all of the people from different countries. They all have their own thing going on and are from completely different walks of life yet everyone seems to be friendly and easygoing! I am loving it more and more every day!! Hasta luego!