Life in Madrid

This weekend was pretty low key. I stayed in Madrid and studied a lot! Midterms are this week and on the next Monday. Thursday night I went with some friends to a discoteca Joy and had sooo much fun! On Friday, I went running in parque oeste and discovered more beautiful statues! :) And hung around sol for a bit. Saturday, I decided to study in parque de retiro...my favorite place of madrid! (pictures will be included). It was perfect because I studied and then wandered as my study break, got lunch and had it in the park, then studied on a park bench for awhile, then wandered down past the Prado museum and went to a cafe and studied there. After a solid 4 hours of studying and being EXTREMELY productive, I met my roomies at the famous Prado Museum (we went from 6-8 when it was free). It was really cool to see, a little overwhelming to see all the paintings and people, but I'm definately glad I went! On Sunday, Melissa, Alba and I finally got up and went to the Rastro Market, it was crazy!! We went pretty early and there were 100 vendors, MASS PEOPLE, but lots of good deals! It did get a bit overwhelming just because of the confined spaces and people, but after a solid 3 hours, Melissa made it out of there with a lot of good deals! I even used some of my spanish---it's getting better!! From there we went to a yummy chinese restraunt, nothing beats sun garden tho...then shopped in sol for a bit. Then today, in spain it is a national holiday celebrating Columbus Day. So, I got up early and went to see part of the parade. I saw the queen of spain, a lot of military men, cool jets streaming out the countries colors, tanks(and other scary weapons), parachuters, and important government people. I didn't stay the entire time because I had to study, but I did stay for 1.5 hrs. It was really cool to see! So, other than that I have been study study study mode. I have my first midterm on wed. which is psychopharmacology and then next Monday (my birthday) I have religion midterm. But an exciting reward after psychopharm exam is that I'm flying to Venice to meet my grandma and staying there until Saturday afternoon! Then when I get back to Madrid, Rosanna and I are going to a Real Madrid Soccer Game! O and just to rub it in...it's mid october here and still 75 degrees....my kind of climate ;) lol hope everyone at home is doing well!

Hasta Luego!