Helloooooooooo...

On Tuesday, my roomate Jen got locked in our bathroom. The lock just wouldn't move...she was in there for like, 2 hours. Haaaaaaaahah..our landlady and our portero(doorman) had to come and remove the handle and lock completely and replace it..she missed class and everything..it was funny...to me, probably not to her. Haha she was a good sport though.

Tuesday afternoon a group of us went to visit a secret bakery inside this cathedral...cloistered nuns make goooood desserts there..we had to call in on an intercom and they buzzed us in...we then walked down a creepy hallway and found the little booth where they were. They aren't allowed to show their face to they used a little revolving door to give us our cookies...crazy yeah? They were delicious.

-Last night we went to a Real Madrid futbol game and it was awwwwesome...our seats were really high..but we had a really good time. We bought jerseys and everything :) let me tell you, they have some wiiiild fans. we won, 4-2...wahoo!

-My "Women's Roles in Spain" class is really interesting...right now we're learning about the history of women's rights in Spain so we can understand how it is today. Even though Spain is an oldddd country, their laws,constitution, and beliefs are relatively new (ever since the end of Franco's dictatorship in 1975.) Like...women couldn't vote until 1977..and divorce was only legalized in 1981. Spaniards views on women are slowly improving, but in 1975, 72% of Spanish people believed that women should stay in the home. That's a big percentage. Also ...my teacher, who is 32, had no sexual education during her entire schooling in Spain. Crazy, yeah? Its interesting to compare women in the US and women here...women in the US are just way more confident and powerful than women here- in the work-field. Its much more accepted for a woman to have a good job and make money in the States, whereas here, many people believe that a woman is not a "woman" unless she is in the home.

Tonight, our program is going to a Flamenco show! I'm exciiiiited. Tomorrow...5 of us are going to Porto, Portugal for the weekend. I'll keep you updated :) Have a nice weekend!