The plane ride was 10 1/2 hours to paris… it was reallly long. Then flew to Paris, and the lay over was 3 hours… Then it was 2 hrs from there to madrid. After getting our rooms and getting settled, a big group of us all went out… bar hopped till about 3am then took a taxi home.. it was my first time in a taxi!! On the 11th, we toured some cathedrals and stuff and then i slept lots of the day… getting caught up. The night of the 11th an even bigger group took over a bar in another little part of town, we took the metro there (first time on that too!)… taxi home. Trying to speak spanish, im not as good as i remember, but itll get easier and ill pick it up. On the 12th we we toured some beautiful monuments..Valle de los Caidos (valley of the fallen), and el escorial. Valley of the fallen was a monument of those that died during spanish war, and had francisco franco buried there.. hes the longest dictator of spain. the el escorial is a monstary, palace and and royal pantheon. Beautiful paintings and things, mostly tombs and what not. The night of the 12th, several of us went to a 7 story discoteca– El Kapitol. It was alot of fun, danced and had a great time! Kinda expensive but worth the experience definitely. The 13th was a tour of the Royal Palace which is gorgeous.. as well as the Prado Museum. Tons of famous paintings and sculptures. The night was spent relaxing and having coffee with 3 of my friends.. Emily, Caitlin, and Sabrina. Starbucks and lots of laughs.. packing for the bus ride today.

That brings us to today- toured Segovia on our way to our new home.. San Sebastian! Awesome Castle (same one that inspired that of sleeping beauty) Cute little town, with this amazingly large water aqueduct. After that we took our bus to San Sebastian. I found out where I live- in “El parte Vieja” with a woman named Merxte (short of Mercedes). Tomorrow I get to meet her!!

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