August 31 - Tuesday - 2nd day of classes

Today we had another day of classes. It's getting a little easier to understand my professors. We worked with adjectives of different regions of Spain and then in the 2nd half worked more with the subjunctive. Some of the rules seem different than the ones we were taught in the US, so it's really difficult at times. Also in my previous Spanish classes we usually learned Latin American words rather than European Spanish, so sometimes even though I'm saying the right word, no one understands me! :( We also rarely used vosotros (we used ustedes instead to say "you guys"), so I'm really struggling to learn those verb forms. All in all though, class is going great!

riding the metro with Anke

After class I ate what I thought was my packed lunch (a sandwich, an apple, a cookie, and a juice box -- later my senora told me that was just a mid-morning snack that I was supposed to still come home and eat, eat.. and that if I wasn't going to come home just to let her know so she could pack me a bigger lunch!) After we all ate our lunches, Mikaela, Anke (a German girl who was in our class for two days), and I took the metro to Principe Pio shopping mall.

Katy, me, and Mikaela shopping

After eating a little snack at KFC, Katy met up with us and we shopped around for a few hours. They have a lot of stores like Forever 21 so the four of us were super happy!! :)

eating our calamari "bocadillos"

After shopping there was a program at our school that we went to. One of our professors used to be a travel guide for Madrid (at least I'm 99% sure that's what he told us in Spanish), so he gave us a walking tour around the city. It was interesting because he told us different stories that I'd never heard before and told us details about the city that were super interesting. (I posted the pictures with more detailed captions in my album on Facebook if you're interested in them). I loved the tour, but he had to cut it a little short to take his dog to the vet. We might go another week when he gives the tours again.

sangria time :)

After the tour, the 5 of us that went on the tour decided we were hungry and wanted to try the calamari bocadillos (sandwiches). They were okay, although they were super chewy and the bread was hard to bite off.

celebrating the futbol game

After our snack, we stopped for drinks at a little patio bar to chat! :) The sangria was delicious as always, even though the toilets did not have seats here.. FAIL!

While Katy, Julian, and I were walking back to the metro stop, we realized that quite the celebration was going on in la Puerta del Sol! Naturally, we stopped and joined in!!! Apparently one of the Madrid "futbol" teams had won a big game and was in the government building. There were tons of camera crews and hundreds of excited fans waiting to see the players!! We grabbed crowns and blended right in! :)