It's a Small World

Today I decided to get up nice and early although I didn’t have class until 11. Sometimes it’s nice to just get up and ready at a nice leisurely pace and not have to look down every other minute at your clock. Eugenia must be a light sleeper because every morning while I’m in the shower getting ready she gets up and gets a bowl, spoon, and mi bocadillo ready for me. It’s very nice of her. I really need to get her a present and a card of some sort. I walked over to Atocha this morning because I had so much time which always wakes me up a little more.
I had my correct Historia del Presente class and it turned out to be really good. I like it about the same as the other although hit does move a little faster than the other one. I think that the challenge will help me in terms of learning the language and the students in there are all bilingual or at least at my level of Spanish so we are always speaking Spanish before and during class which is very nice. This way I get to know some people that aren’t from BC because I’m now the only BC kid in the class, while in the other there was a hoard of us who always sit together. I met these two girls from California who seem to be very nice.. Margarita and Roxanne.. and we grabbed lunch together afterwards and met up with Grzgerorio and Kasia as well. At lunch before I headed over to class I borrowed Greg’s computer to check my email and facebook. I got a response from Casa Pata’s (a famous restaurant and Flemenco place in Madrid). I had made a reservation for 14 at the place for the whole Int’l group and chose that restaurant after reading about it in the paper. But the funny thing was that they didn’t have their prices listed anywhere on their website, so I had sent them an email to ask about it. Turns out it is 31 euros per person just to enter for the show and then extra for the dinner… I cancelled the reservation. I don’t think anyone had that kind of money to spare for a Thursday night dinner.. So I sent a message out to Pierro and Andrea about other recommendations and Pierro had suggested Casa de Grenada, a hole in the wall tapas (not topless dad) place in Madrid which not to many people knew about. Because my phone wasn’t working properly I had to borrow Eugenia’s to make the reservation. One thing I miss about being home is being able to make calls as often and as long as I want.. sorry dad. It can sometimes get very difficult to organize things here when phone is the last means of communication due to the price. But we get by. Facebook is helpful.
In my language class today I sat next to Sophie, a girl my age from Wash U, so I figured I’d ask her if she knew Laura Pridmore, the only person I know who goes there, and it turns out that they are good friends there. It’s a small world. She seems very nice too and has a very thick.. Spanish accent… I think. It’s a weird accent. But I guess it’s better than the traditional American accent.. which I have confirmed by 3 foreign girls to not be a very attractive accent when spoken in Spanish. After class and the gym I went home earlier than normal and relaxed a bit before facebooking for a while and skyping to help figure out future travel plans with Trish and Gigi. Sometimes you just have to take charge or else nothing really gets done. I think we may go to Italy, Prague and then Amsterdam for the last 11 days we have off between finals and returning to BC. I’m very excited for that. We had some delicious soup served with empanadas for dinner with ice cream to top it all off. Then watched some Spanish game shows with Eugenia for a little before retiring to my room for the night.