Madrid
Well, we've been taking Spanish classes, homework and everything. The classes are going well, but they are not easy. My class is all in Spanish. I don't speak Spanish obviously, but they are pretty good at explaining things. In Spanish. I'm actually learning a lot. The class is divided into three sections. Grammar and Conversion are connected in the morning from 10AM to 1PM and then a "survival Spanish" class from 1:30PM to 3:00PM. Four and a half hours of spanish class a day requires a lot of intake.
We've also been hanging out with some Australians we met here at the hostel. This city never sleeps. There are still long lines to get into dance clubs at six in the morning. There is a whole economy built around it too. Walking around our neighborhood at four in the morning there were people all over the place selling sandwiches, candy, and little bowls of rice with meat on the sidewalks. Also, there doesn't seem to be as much drugs. Clothing is interesting too. At the dance clubs people seem to dress much more conservatively than in the States. Except the bartenders... they weren't wearing shirts.
We went to the local flea market on Sunday. Um... Wow. It seemed to go on for miles and miles over a large section of the city. You couldn't choose what stalls you looked at either, you just had to flow in the river of people. We forgot the camera.
We've also been hanging out with some Australians we met here at the hostel. This city never sleeps. There are still long lines to get into dance clubs at six in the morning. There is a whole economy built around it too. Walking around our neighborhood at four in the morning there were people all over the place selling sandwiches, candy, and little bowls of rice with meat on the sidewalks. Also, there doesn't seem to be as much drugs. Clothing is interesting too. At the dance clubs people seem to dress much more conservatively than in the States. Except the bartenders... they weren't wearing shirts.
We went to the local flea market on Sunday. Um... Wow. It seemed to go on for miles and miles over a large section of the city. You couldn't choose what stalls you looked at either, you just had to flow in the river of people. We forgot the camera.