yesterday i woke up at one in the afternoon to bright sunny skies out my window :) i got up and had a coffee then went and met Cristina my host at the little local bar called Casa Camacho down the street for a Botellín! we met up with her friend and had a lovely lunch in the house. we then lounged around and i went to go explore a bit with others from my program and see their houses. everyone seems to have nice places... but living in this barrio is whats up. i live close to two girls- krystal who goes to Yale but lives in cali and mandy who goes to school at BOULDERRR!! they are both great and last night the three of us went out to dinner and shared a bottle of vino at this little artsy cafe. success.

then krystal and i went out to the bars in Malasaña!!! although it was pretty quiet cause it was sunday we ended up meeting an italian guy, a mexican guy, and a peruvian girl!!! they were all really funny and nice so we were with them for a bit and exchanged numbers and all that so hopefully this will develop into a friendship!!! we will see :)

i couldnt really sleep at all last night (jet lag??) and also the fact that we have no heat in the house so i sleep with about 15 blankets and then i start getting claustrophobic in my bed so then i try to sleep without so many but then its cold hahaah, so i woke up early and took a shower which proved to be quite difficult and by the time i figured it out the water wasn't hot anymore so i took a FREEZING shower in my apartment with no heating in the middle of january. it was painful. the shower head is also one of those removable ones which is great fun and all if there was a shower curtain large enough to block the water haha, i just had to stand and make sure the water only went in one direction and didnt soak the house haha pero no pasa nada. i got dressed and met some girls from my program at the subway to head down to the CIEE office for another day of never ending lectures. i cant wait to be DONE with orientationnnnn, ugggg. we had a two hour break so me and krystal went back to Malasaña and found the most wonderful CREPERIE!! we felt like we were in france and we shared a sweet and savory crepe :).... almost as good as food breaks. but never as good. we then got maps of malasaña which will prove to be very handy because this seems to be the most confusing barrio in the world, the streets are not in a grid, they are just kind of like thrown down like pick up sticks and i have no idea where anything is or how to get anywhere, im gonna study my map every night!!! after crepes we went back for more and more lectures and now im here back at my house and cristina is making us dinner!!!!!!! smells good :) tomorrow we are going to Getafe to my campus to check it out!!

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