Fun Times in Madrid

Hello!

Well I am about to embark on a 10 day journey through Italy (Rome, Florence, Venice and Milan/Lake Como- yes George Clooney has a house there), so get pumped for that post when I get back. But I supposed I should fill you in on what I've done since Paris 2 weeks ago.

School has just been school. I have had a little bit more work than usual, but nothing too stressful. I have been working on my final scene for theatre which is pretty fun. I am playing someone who is not even remotely close to who I am, so that's kind of interesting. I've had to do some research for a psych paper which I really like. I am researching the effects of putting a child in daycare. I think spanish class is really helping me with my spanish. I really like our teacher and the class. I wouldn't say that I am fluent in spanish, but I can definitely keep up a conversation with someone. Even if I can't say something, I usually understand the majority of what people are saying. That's about it for school.

This past weekend, I just hung around Madrid with 2 of my roommates, Megan D and Stephanie. The Megan who is the one in my room, went on a school trip to Grenada. Friday, we went to go get some chinese food for lunch, and it was delicious. I am very excited to find a good chinese place. Then we went to Retiro Park and rented a boat to paddle around the little pond they have. At first it was a struggle but then we got the hang of it. We had a good time people watching, there were some interesting characters. Then we walked around Retiro some more before heading back home. We just chilled and had a really enjoyable night.

Rowing

Some issues

Struggin'

Yay

Statue

Boats

Me and Megan

Issues

She's got it

Me and Steph

Haha

Americanas

Pretty

Saturday we were really lazy and just bummed around all day. We got a little bit of homework done, but we pretty much just relaxed the whole day. Sunday morning, Stephanie and I got up early and headed to el rastro, which is a huge flea market type thing they have every Sunday. I bought a watch necklace which I have been looking for for awhile, so I am excited. It was an interesting experience. There were a ton of people and it was an interesting atmosphere. The funniest thing that happened was when we went down an alley, we heard a whistle and all of a sudden all of the street vendors picked up their little cloths that had the stuff they were selling and ran away. Apparently they weren't actually supposed to be selling stuff. There was some other stuff I liked but I was being cheap and didn't want to buy them. After I am done with all of my trips I am going to go back and buy some more stuff.

That's about all I've been up to. I have gotten into a pattern now. I have a list of things I still want to do in Madrid, so I am going to try to work on that when I get back from Italy. I am so excited for me, the two Megans, Stephanie and Megan's friend from home to do all these amazing things in Italy. I will have a lengthy blog post with a lot of pictures when I get back. I can't believe when I get back from Italy I only have a month left! Time really flies. That's all for now.

Love,
Ashley