Last night was amazing! A group of us went to Madrid for the first time and I fell in love. It reminded me of New York City, but 100x more romantic and antique looking. We walked around, visited the Plaza Mayor and La Puerta del Sol. The architecture is the most beautiful I've ever seen. The streets are full of action, from bands to a man on stilts doing an interpretive dance of a tree in the wind. I could have walked around all night and never have been bored. We were there for four or five hours and hardly saw a glimpse of what is in Madrid, I can't wait to see more!






Classes have started and they are going to be great. I really like my Spanish teacher Angelica, I know I am going to learn a lot this semester from her, she seems like a great teacher. There is going to be quite a bit of reading for my history 2o2 and hist 390 classes, but they both are going to be really interesting. Ana has been cooking delicious food for Amy and me and it has been great getting to know her better. I've been trying to talk with her as much as I can and I hope I start improving soon! Tonight Amy and I held our own exercise class in the living room, Ana got a good laugh when she walked out and saw us doing squats in our gym clothes to Amy's mini ihome.



These are the windows in front of the Opera House in Madrid, they looked pretty sweet so yes we took a picture.



This is a church we walked into while in Madrid, it was so beautiful inside and felt sacred. It was crazy to me that it was right there in the middle of all the stores and cafes.

This is the tree man that we saw in the Plaza Mayor, he was quite the sight!