Thursday, January 20, 2011

Early Days and Late nights

Wednesday was our first day at the university where we divided into groups of 15 for our intensive culture courses which we will have Monday-Thursday for the first two weeks. The school is two bus stops away from our apartment, which is lucky because most people have to take at least one metro train to get there, which takes much longer. Kayla and I have been taking the bus to class in the morning and walking home in the afternoon.
The first afternoon in our homestay, Carmen made us chicken with mashed potatoes and bread. Yesterday we had penne with meat sauce and tortillas, and today we had some type of meat balls with rice and salad. Everything has been verrryyyy delicious, but yesterday Kayla and I told her we were "extremely hungry" and she gave us a mountain of food which we had to gorge ourselves with (it is rude to leave any food on your plate). We won't be telling her that again. 
My sleeping schedule is completely messed up; I have been sleeping about 4 hours in the afternoon and 5 at night. I don't know how to do it any other way considering we stay out so late and then have class at 9 am (...why?!). Kayla and I have bunk beds and I have the top bunk which is good except for the fact that I almost fell to my death last night trying to ascend the latter after a couple drinks.
Last night we went to Cafe Orange with all the other study abroad students. We forget to eat dinner so on our way we stopped at a cafe and got croissants (which we thought were plain) to go. They ended up having ham and cheese on the inside with a sweet croissant and it was probably the best thing I've tasted since being here. When we got into the club we checked our coats and got a cup (11:30-12:30 was an open bar). They ended up only having beer, sangria, and moto (?) which is a mixture of wine and coke. After some pushing and shoving and screaming in Spanish we were able to get some drinks and meet some of the other people we hadn't met yet. Some of our guy friends bought rounds of shots and thats when the night really started. Since I suddenly cannot drink vodka anymore (?!) without getting deathly ill, I was taking GREAT tequila shots while everyone else suffered through their vodka. Our friend An met the club promoter and he bought us all rounds of shots and glasses of champagne. We danced for the rest of the night (having to fend of some creepers), then took a taxi back to our apartment. We took off our shoes and crept into the house as to not wake our family because our senora doesn't want us coming home "borrachadas". 
Waking up is ridiculously hard considering its still dark until about 8:30. Today we had to be at class at 9:30, so naturally we didn't wake up until about 8:45. After class Kayla and I came home, at lunch, and took a nap with the aid of our black metal shade (almost like a garage door) that closes over our bedroom window making it completely oscurro. When we woke up we walked down to the mall which is right up the street to look for Toms to wear tomorrow on our trip to Segovia since we will be doing a lot of walking. Of course, we didn't find them but ended up buying a few items in H&M (whoops) and a soy chai latte at Starbucks :). Now we are getting ready to go out for tapas with the girls and then to Club Joy        where we'll be on the VIP list since An has been texting the club promoter (taking one for team). Esta noche va a ser muy divertido!
Hasta mañana  

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