Monday - 1st Day of Classes

Yesterday went fairly well, as far as the first day of classes goes. I got up, ate breakfast (which was better because they had actual ham and cheddar and I toasted my bread), and ran with Tara and Caity to the metro and to class before 9. We got to the IES center just in time and separated to find our class. My first class of the week is History of Europe: Building Contemporary Europe. Sounds interesting, right? Well, it might turn out to be, if we learn cool medievil things. Otherwise I will be bored in the class. I had to introduce myself, which was not good because my voice is halfway gone because of my cold. After class I walked to Casa de la Mantas (House of Blankets) to get a towel, then took the metro two stops up to Universitat, where I then walked some more to get my books for spanish and history class. I then walked back to another bookstore to get my other spanish book, and then I walked to the computer lab and checked email and fcbook till class started at 12:25. Megan switched into my intensive 150 class so after class we parted ways and I went home and worked on my Goldwater app. So fun...Dinner would have been uneventful, but we were finally accepted by the spanish students!!! By accepted, I mean they all clanged their glasses when someone at our table got up before the whole table did! Remember my mentioning that strange tradition? A couple girls at our table started clanging when Max and Brittany got up, and before you know it, the whole caf joined in! We laughed so freakin hard, it was great. After dinner, I decided to go with Tara, Elana, and Ana to a bar where they were meeting some friends from home. We went to a place on Las Ramblas called Bar Bosque. The inside looked like elves should live there; tables were build around trees and leaves were everywhere. It was also inside a wax museum so there were neat wax statues and set-ups as well. I met two of Elana's good friends who were traveling through, Georgia and Frankie.