Marissa in Madrid!!

It has been a bit since I posted anything and I have a ton of work and a quiz tomorrow, so now seemed like the perfect time.

The Weekend: Friday I went out with Jade and some Spanish people. It was fun, nothing major, we got home around 5:30 am. It seems like a waste to take the bus home at 5:30 since the metro opens at six, but we were tired and ready to go home, and our metro passes cover the buses too.

Saturday I went out with my friend Christina, who is in my biology class. We have gotten a closer in the last couple of weeks, so I finally have more than one friend (YAY!). She invited me out with some people from our program and a Spanish boy who she met at the cultural encounters night at the school. He also brought a group of his friends. It was a really great night. Everyone got along well, first we went to one crowded bar until it closed, then we went to a small club where we danced until it closed. It was great. I came home on the bus alone at five in the morning. My key didn't work when I got home, which was really frustrating but not entirely unexpected because it was made from some weak, light-weight metal and had been working less and less each day. I tried for a while, tried calling Jade, and eventually had to give up and ring the bell to be let in. I felt really bad for waking Jade and Paloma but didn't really have a choice, and Paloma gave me a new key Sunday.

Other than those two nights on the town, I basically spent the weekend relaxing in bed, which was really nice.

Sunday, Marissa and her friend/London roommate, Erica, came into Madrid. I met them at the airport and helped them find their way to Sol. Paloma then invited them over for dinner. We got some tapas and then ate dinner with Paloma and Jade.

Painting at the bar where we ate tapas. Barefoot girl with pistol.

Monday the three of us went to the Royal Palace, and then I had a Scuba class from 7-10pm. It was the second installment of the classroom work which started Thursday night. Tuesday we had another class 7-10pm, and took the final written test (which I passed, yay!).

Tuesday during the day we wanted to go to the Reina Sofia and the Prado. We grabbed a snack and ate it in the square outside the Reina Sofia. A woman came up to us and warned us that there were people around who wanted to steal our bags. She made me a little nervous, but we all checked our belongings and nothing was missing. It turns out that the Reina Sofia is closed on Tuesdays, so we went to the Prado and Retiro Park. Afterwards Erica went to meet a friend, and Marissa and I grabbed lunch and ate outside in the sun. It was so nice and warm.

I missed her! Plus this continues the saga of my inability to take a photo without someone getting in it.

Tuesday night, Marissa chilled in my room while I went to class. She and I were going to go out for a delicious Spanish dinner, but ended up getting Wok to Walk which is a noodle place which I had never been to, but she had liked in Amsterdam.

Marissa and I also planned our Scotland trip while she was here, and booked flights and a hostel.