The first “real” week of classes went by pretty fast. Although my Islamic Culture class is SO boring, which is really disappointing. I heard good things about this topic and it’s a full class so I’m sure other people expected good things too. Plus, it’s my last class on Tue/Thurs when I have class back-to-back-to-back. By the time I got there I was already having trouble focusing, so all through class it was awful! But other than that one I like all of the other classes. Thursday after classes (and the beginning of the weekend!) I checked the mail before I left the school and there was a large envelope in the C’s and D’s box. It was for me! Paula and Laura had each written me a long letter and sent it in the same envelope. Laura is so random, you can tell she just wrote down stuff as she was thinking about it in stream of consciousness. I was literally laughing out loud as I read there letters, my señora though I was going crazy.
Yesterday Whitney (my roommate), Sara (another girl from the program), and I planned a trip for this coming weekend. We are going to Nerja, which is a very Southern Coastal city in Spain, about a 2 hour bus ride. The weather has been very nice lately and we are all ready to check out some beaches! We’ll leave Friday morning and at least stay till Saturday evening. Depending on how much we like it we might even stay an extra day. We wanted to go to Barcelona but prices right now are too expensive so that will have to wait a while. Nerja is suppose to be beautiful with an awesome waterfall and caves to explore, so we’ll see what all we can find.
Last night Whitney, Cassandra, Kristin, and I went to another discoteca! We went to a different one this time called Mae West. It is in the mall that is only a few blocks from our apartments, so there was a lot less walking this time. This was very important because we didn’t want to bother with a coat check this time (it turned into a huge hassle at Granada 10) so we went without coats and it was a little chilly. It was pretty crowded and had a lot less space to dance in, but it also had a lot less creepers than the one before. So they each have their ups and downs. We made it longer this weekend by about 20 minutes, getting home close to 5am! We are getting closer to that ultimate goal of staying at a club until it closes at 7am!