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I added all my pictures I took from saturday's day of sightseeing to the slideshow, it was a beautiful day of exploring with me and my 3 other roommates! We trucked around for about 5 hrs through the plaza de espana, la rosaleda, la templo de debod which is an Eygptian temple given as a gift to Spain for helping to perserve some artifacts during flooding/building of aswam dam. We also walked walked all the way to parque de retiro. My favorite of this particular journey was the parque de retiro, according to my guide book, it was where the royals use to go for a private retreat. It was extremely beautiful and large as you can probably tell by the pictures. The Eygptian temple was really cool to see as well, however, there wasn't much history descriptions that I saw.

Some cool things that have happened since I have arrived is that yesterday it stormed for 10 minutes! My senora rushed into my room telling me to open the windows, it's going to STORM! This was exciting news since it has been horribly hot and humid since I have gotten here. It brougt some cool air and thundered/drizzled for 10 minutes then was done. I have started classes and love all of them! My favorite is Latin Rhythms and Dance which consists of 2hrs and 15 minutes of dancing. Although there is no AC and 50 students in there it is a lot of fun! Right now we are learning merengue and bachata.

Some things that are NOT so cool about Spain...coffee and ice cream. Melissa and I are determined to find some good coffee and it would be even better if it was take out coffee. So, this past Sunday we approached our senora and asked her where was good place, her answer Burger King. Yes, there are tons of them over here, more than the mcdonalds I have seen. So we figured why not if we can get some good coffee. Yea, we failed again, they gave us a huge cup with just a little expresso. sigh, we are still trying tho. And last night my roomies and I decided to get some dessert so we went and got some ice cream, (note: I have been waiting for the perfect time for ice cream, building it up that it was going to be the most amazing ice cream ever) fail again, it was not that great. Hands down greaters, ritters and UDF are 100 times better!

All and all I am doing well in Spain and loving it. Although I am missing Skyline, Rice Rocket, PB & J and ritters among other things, and trying to get use to the super late dinners...I am loving it. Each time I see a beautiful monument, fountain or meet someone from a different country that is absolutely amazing I am reminded why I am here! So, that is all for now, I'm planning my trips for the semester and studying! Time to eat some of my senoras amazing food! aka...la cena!

Adios!