El Fin de Semana.

People have been bugging me to write another blog so here it is. This weekend was pretty low key. Friday night basically everyone in the program went out to see the bars and discotecas. We got back around 4 am (since everything is done much later here, 4 am is still early to go home). Saturday morning, Kelly and I went to a market that they have every Saturday here. It was pretty neat - there were lots of clothes, shoes, boots, scarves, jewelry, etc. for very cheap. I didn´t buy anything, but it´s nice to know that´s there. I also got to talk to my family on Skype on Saturday! That was very nice. I miss them, and everyone, so much. Sunday was low key to the extreme. We don´t get much homework here, and pretty much everything is closed on Sundays so I just sat around and read the whole day. My host mom made us paella on Sunday as well. She said that only on Sundays they eat paella here. For those who don´t know, paella is basically THE Spanish dish. It´s probably the most commonly known Spanish food as well. It´s kind of a big deal. It consists of rice and vegetables and usually seafood, but sometimes other meats. It´s very yummy.

Yesterday we went back to school and I got to talk to my family again! They weren´t working because of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. I wish they celebrated that here... Our class schedule changes pretty much weekly. We had one schedule last week that only lasted a few days, now we have one that will last for two weeks and then another one that will last two weeks after that. It´s different, but I like the variety.

My host parents have an adorable grandson named Arón who comes over in the mornings on weekdays. I don´t usually get to see him because I´m in school but today he came over later with his mom. The photos I put up are one of Arón and his grandpa, my host dad, and the other with his mom, Susana. It´s so cute when Arón is with his grandpa - you can so easily see how much my host dad loves him.

Hmm... not much else to report. I´m slowly beginning to adjust to life here. It´s still really different and I´m still homesick but it´s starting to become more normal. Getting excited for Segovia this weekend!