Tres semanas!

This weekI realized I had absolutely nothing to be afraid of coming to Spain. Of course it is a big step to go from the average life of a college student at Maryland to living with a new family in another country, but I couldn't picture myself not being here right now. Its nice to know what to expect from my classes and from the town now.
Today we ended the second week of classes at Alcalingua, which meant we moved from our Art class to a history class today. We had a test in art on Thursday to finish out the unit and it was pretty easy. I'm hoping to go to Toledo soon to see the paintings of El Greco (we learned about him) because it only takes about 30 mins on the train from Madrid! It's crazy how fast time has gone since I have been here. The new teacher seems very interesting, and hopefully I can actually learn something about the history of Spain.
The weather is also improving. Its still cold, but today was so nice I just walked around a bit after lunch taking pictures like a true tourist. Tomorrow I am going into Madrid again to go on a tour of the Real Madrid Stadium! Its not a game, but I think it will be fun to learn more about the team so many people here are nuts about. Its in a really nice part of Madrid so we plan on walking around a bit after...hope it is nice out again!
I'm eating a lot of good food here, the oranges here are soo good. I still have no idea how people are so skinny here, maybe because they all smoke so much? I probably eat half a loaf of bread by myself everyday. This is definitely the place for me.
Here are some of the pics I took of Alcala:
The famous storks that have giant nests everywhere-


Plaza Cervantes-

Me voy a salir esta noche! Hasta luego