Hiii! Man..this week flew by...
School has been going well...we watched a movie in class this week and it was really funny. It was called "The Other Side of the Bed"..it was like a musical/comedy..we watched it in spanish with english subtitles (whew)...a lot of nudity...shocker. We have one more week of just spanish and then our real classes start, which i'm excited about. On thursday night, my roomates and I went to see this popular spanish band, jarabe de palo, in concert. It was at a theatre here in town sponsered by Hard Rock..the theatre was really pretty inside--reminded me of concert theatres in the states. The band was awwwwesome..my roomate, Kiley, studied abroad in barcelona last year so she knows all the cool spanish bands...we were on the 5th row and it was a really good show...veryyyy spanish, but awesome. there was a guest singer who did flamenco dancing..and they used a lot of different instruments. everyone was just dancing and singing and having a good time...i didn't understand a word of any song, but it was really weird to have everyoneee in the audience singing along..you know, just like if it were an american band at home. Speaking of my roomate kiley....she has an internship at the US embassy here..isn't that cool? Anyway, last night, there was this festival called "La Noche en Blanco" in Madrid..its where everyyyyyything in madrid stays open from 9pm-7am..plus, there are art and music exhibits and shows all throughout the city...and everything is freeeee. It was pretty fun except that it rained and got pretty chilly...we went to a music exhibit for a while...ate at mcdonalds (i know, so american)...and then went and toured the real madrid stadium. Real Madrid is Madrid's futbol team and they are awesome...the stadium was amazing and we got to go down on the field, in the visitors' locker room, and the museum with all their trophies and stuff...it was a fun night! its getting cooler here and I love it..can't wait for winter weather. My friends and I have been busy planning our trips and excursions...I'm sooooo excited..I just want to go EVERYWHERE. I'll let you know where all we decide to go...Also, I'm also getting verrrry excited about my family coming to visit..I'm been trying to plan out everything we can do..you know, try to keep them entertained..haha...they come in about 3 weeks so wahoo. Just some information for you...our program's housing director, pablo, was talking to us about growing up in spain and how different it is than the US...he said that most kids live with their parents until they are about 30...30!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!...He just moved about of his parents' house 3 years ago, and lives with a roomate now..so he's never lived on his own. He said that its just the normal thing to do...isnt that crazyyyy? The majority of parents in the states are pushhhing their kids to live on their own and be independent when they're like, 18. Man oh man...
We are going to a bull fight tonight so i'll let you know how it goes! I'm excited/scared...hope everyone is doing well!