oops...Epic fail

So I have totally failed at updating my blog so I'm just going to to a quick catch up and go from here:

After 1 more day in Greece I met up with my study abroad program in Madrid. We spent two days in Madrid before going to Alicante but I did not get to see much aside from the Prado Art Museum and a night tour of the city. We arrived in Alicante on Thursday evening and met up with our host families. By request, I have the same host family that David did when he did this program. They are wonderful!

On Friday we had a fake first day of school with half hour classes and a tour of the University of Alicante Campus. On Monday we actually started classes. I'm in two Spanish History classes both taught entirely in Spanish. One is really interesting but moves very fast and has a lot of hard reading (that I have given up on). The other one is not so hard but less interesting and going to be a lot of memorization. I was not expecting to have as much work as I do! I think I have finally figure out how to manage it and have fun.

The other students are the trip are pretty fun. We are having a good time. The first weekend we pretty much spent at the beach (though on Sunday I stayed in all day trying to do one of the readings..mistake) On Friday and Saturday we went to see the fire works in the city (there was a fireworks competition so every night for 5 days it was a different show)

The second weekend we (but mainly this kid named Lee) planed a trip to Toledo. 19 of us went together and it was a great group dynamic of sticking together and breaking off appropriately. 4th of July was the day we were there but we successful at eating McDonald's and finding some Americans to celebrate with (including a Kappa Delta!) In Toledo we saw the Cathedral and took a tourist tram ride, but the best part was just getting lost in the winding streets.

I just got back from a trip to Granada that was planned by the program. (It was mandatory to prevent any of us from going to the Running of the Bulls in Pamplona) Although we were barely there for 24hours, we managed to fit in a lot: the cathedral and royal chapel, watching someone make the classic woodwork, a night tour and a flamingo dance show, obviously the Alhambra, and walking around to get a feel of the city.

This week I have midterms in both my classes and I have a lot of material to review. We don't have class this Friday so we are planning a trip to Barcelona. Now that this is caught up, i;ll try to be better at maintaining it :)