I'm fairly certain I have a sign on my back (or forehead) that reads "I'M A BLONDE AMERICAN PLEASE STARE AT ME!" I've been given the once over a few too many times for me to feel like I blend in. The bright orange lock on my backpack also isn't helping.
We're done with school for the week! This week we studied Spanish poetry from the middle ages to the present. In class today we read a sonnet by Luis de Góngora. The message was to live life now because someday you'll be old and ugly ... I can't decide if this is uplifting or not. We all laughed because someone in class called it the "YOLO" of the 17th century.
This weekend we have our first excursions to Toledo on Friday and Escorial on Saturday. I can't wait to explore Spain even though I feel like I've only seen 1/1,000,000th of Madrid. Every day after school we pretty much just wander. I feel so European sitting at an internet cafe with my sunglasses and Sangria but I cough everytime the guy at the table next to be blows smoke in my face which is so not European.
Today we went into the Parque de Retiro for the first time, it's kind of like Central Park and it's really close to school. There are peacocks just running amok and a little pond thing where you can row a little boat around ... we were not very good at steering the boat. We ran into a few people and got called "Gringas" more than once. Retiro has this cute little cafe where we like eating lunch.
We continue to eat some form of baguette for every single meal and snack. Yesterday we stopped at a market just to buy some fruit. Luckily our madre made some sort of asparagus casserole for dinner because I needed some vegetables in my life!
I feel like I have a million things to say but I need to start writing them down because I forget everything. I posted pictures on facebook so go look! Everyone can laugh at my attempts at taking artsy pictures because I failed pretty much every time. ¡Adios!
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