"Sick" week

See what I did with the title there? This week I was both sick (ill) and had a lot of fun (a sick time).

Anyways, Monday I woke up with the worst sore throat so I decided I probably had strep. I had to take a midterm first thing in the morning, so I went to class, took the test, and then went to the doctor. I wasn't really sure how it was going to work here or where it was, but I heard it was really easy to do and close to school. I followed my nose and found the doctor's office, where I was greeted by a friendly nurse who could tell right away I was foreign and had no idea what I was doing. She shuffled me into the office where I saw the doctor and told him my name and address. He wrote it down on one of those big yellow pads of paper and didn't bother checking any kind of ID. I told him what hurt, and the nurse stayed with me because I don't think she was convinced I could understand Spanish.

They started with the most basic questions like, do you eat well? and do you drink enough water? The doctor then looked in my ears and mouth and said I had an infection. He prescribed me some antibiotics and I was on my way. It was all very painless. I left, filled my prescription, and went back home to sleep.

The next few days were uneventful because I wasn't feeling well, but my throat feels a lot better now. The weekend was pretty eventful, we went to Madrid for a few hours after class on Friday because it was so nice out, but then I started to feel sick and had to go back and went to bed. Luckily I felt better the next day, so I went to the Residencia with Kristin and Krissie to get our midterm for our UMD class done. We hung out there for a while, and I hung out with my familia for a while because I was planning on getting up early the next morning.

Sunday, we went to Toledo. We took the Ave from Madrid which was a nice ride. We didn't have much of a game plan, so we basically walked around and looked at the amazing views and buildings that were 500 years old. We also got a great workout going up and down all the hills. We didn't stay that long because the train schedule was kind of weird. We barely made the train back, but it all worked out in the end. The day was super sunny and beautiful, so Hannah and I walked around Madrid with the intention of going to El Prado, which is free on Sundays, but there was a huge line so we peace out and just strolled through the street vendors and looked around. We headed back to Alcala for Celia's birthday party. She's a Chinese girl who is in my classes at Alcalingua and lives with a few other girls from various countries who are also in our classes.

The party was fun, and there was soo much good food! She also has the cutest little dog ever named little cherry! Everyone was really nice, and most people there I knew from school. We all basically spoke Spanish to each other the whole time so we were getting good practice in too! We left around ten that night and I went back to my casa for the first time since 9 that morning. It was a good time and a good weekend!

Now its Monday and I have a lot of work to do for my classes, but I am also excited because we are going to Sevilla on Friday! Its already been 2 months here which seems crazy!

Here are some photos from Toledo and Celia's party