Loving school. Or lack of school =] For instance, both my classes today were canceled, tomorrow is a school holiday, and last Thursday all classes were canceled because an old, loved professor passed away. The 3 of my 5 classes that have begun haven't picked up at all but I trust they will soon enough, so I'm enjoying relaxing and exploring in the mean time. Mi horario (schedule) is amazing. I have class Monday- Thursday (my Friday night one is getting changed to Wed. starting next week.) Also, next week, I begin my Spanish class for extranjeros, (foriegners.) Universidad Rey Juan Carlos has 4 campuses, and I'm at the Vicalvaro one, which is smaller than lot 18 and comparable to Titusville High School in size. If you don't relate to either of those 2 references, you just need to come visit and see for yourself. So, super small campus, but I like it because it's something different. I live 5 minutes walking from campus, which is wonderful because I also joined the University's gym and have been going almost every day.
The music at el gimasio is 90% english, so that's basically awesome. I was in Bodypump today, a cardio class, and the hilarious Wierd Al parody (below) on TI, was playing and I was laughing to myself but also wondering if I was the only one that could understand the extent of the humor. Which, then made me feel boss, for possibly the first time since arriving. Usually I feel quite the opposite about my language knowledge since everyone I meet knows at least two, if not three or four languages.
Tonight I went to a very French party at a friend of a friend's flat. It was a costume party, for no specific reason, which btw is awesome, and 4 people had on nearly identical chicken costumes? So great. We didn't know it was going to be a costume party, but I really want to know next time and dress accordingly. The Americans (Kelsey and I) stood by the food table the whole night (surprise) and raved about how delicious the crepes were while almost everyone around us spoke French together. It was a good time, but an even better time when we met and spoke with a few people in Spanish and got to practice.
K, that's all I got. There's always so much more but I really will update again soon!
That's exciting! :)
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