Me gustan los long weekends

Last week was our last week for real classes at Alcalingua, so the week was largely spent doing oral exams, reviewing for tests, and taking our final exams. None of them were too hard, and I ended up doing pretty well on both exams. To celebrate, a few of us went out for tapas after class on calle mayor.

Friday I took it pretty easy, and on Saturday I met up with Meg and her friend Amanda and showed them around Madrid! It was cool to see one of my best friends from home here in Spain! We went to El Prado, Starbucks, Sol, Plaza Mayor, El Palacio and Plaza de Espana. It was a really nice day to walk around and I'm glad I got to show them around a bit. After I came back and ate, I returned to Madrid to go to a HUGE discoteca called Kapital. It was so ridiculously nice inside and it reminded me of walking into a really classy prom. There were 6 or so floors and even more dance floors. Everyone was really friendly and we met a lot of cool people to talk to. We left at around 6 to get the morning train back to Alcala, and I took a little nap on the train. My feet were killing me so I took a taxi home and went back to bed right away. I slept for the better part of Sunday.

It was Eugenia's, a girl in my classes, birthday party so a few of us walked to her apartment to celebrate with her. Her and her roomies are all Chinese, and they made some delicious food for us! Definitely the best dumplings I've ever had. It was so nice! Everyone was speaking a hodge podge of languages, but we communicate surprisingly well. I got back at around 10, chatted with my fam and some friends, and got really excited that every weekend from now on is a four day weekend! WOOT.

I went to class today, even though we had nothing to go over. We got back our exams and played Taboo in Spanish. My prof Laura caught me off guard by telling me it was a pleasure for her to read my critique of the book we read. Que extrano!

It's finally getting warmer here, and I wish I wasn't dying of a second-hand smoke cough thanks to the great people of Spain b/c I wanted to go for a run. Here are some pics from when Meg and I went into Madrid. More will probably follow.