5th Day

I'm starting to get used to the spanish schedule.. very different than in the US. Everyone stays up till 4 to 6 in the morning on the weekends and then sleeps all day.. it's going to be hard to get into a normal class schedule during the weeks and then do a 180 degree change during the weekends.. but like everything else, I suppose I'll get used to it. We had the picnic today at 2 so I pretty much went directly there right after waking up and eating something small for "breakfast." I ran into Kasha and Henry, two of my new friends from Poland, on the Metro on the way there. Kasha was the first person I met as part of the ESN program.. she's 21, very pretty, extremely nice, has an interesting accent, and is MARRIED!!.. already. She just got married 3 months ago and then traveled around Europe for her honeymoon I guess.. her husband is 10 years older than her. The nice thing about staying with the Int'l students is that everyone always is speaking spanish and are all very determined to learn the language whereas most American students stick together and speak English and take the easy way out.. I'm a little torn between hanging out with each because I do want to cultural exprience of hanging out with Int'l kids but I don't want to miss out on forming strong relationships with BC students as well, but I guess I'll have time to do that when traveling around Europe with them. After the picnic Kevin, Perrin, Greg and I went on a little row boat in the lake in Retiro and it was nice to relax.. and splash each other with water occasionally.
The night before at Joy Sean had asked whether or not European people liked the sound of an American accent when spoken in Spanish.. so I asked a Russian student that I met and she said that she personally didn't like it but that I didnt have any American accent.. which made me feel proud.. she was probably bending the truth a little though. No one wants to make enemies.. After a bit I had to go home for dinner, but I'll see all of them again tomorrow at the sports day at carlos III and then again Tuesday at a friend's pool over near the campus.
Sometimes I want to take the easy way out after almost constant frustration with not being able to say exactly what I want in Spanish, but I'll make it though it.. but now Im going to go to bed. It's late and its my first day of classes tomorrow! Whooo... it's definitely a weird feeling though because it's almost like I'm on vacation here..