List: Run-down of Spain

So, it´s been a month since I last updated. I´m so so so good at this game.

I won´t plague you with an entry long enough to cover a month for two reasons
1) none of you really want to sit still and read something that long. Pieces are better.
2) I have photos I want to upload which I cannot do from school, seeing as I am not on my computer.

So the last you heard I went to Bilbao. Geez. Since then this is life:

- weekly soccer games with the international students, mostly guys, one of whom I found out is a player on a semi-professional league in Germany. =awesome
- the beginnings of a competition between the European and American students studying here, which started on a trip to Barcelona that I couldn´t go on. Don´t worry, America is behind right now because we lost a Sangria chug, but I´m sure Europe will quickly realize it was just luck on their part.
- A five day trip to Valencia for Las Fallas, and then to Madrid.
Seen in Valencia: Torres de Quart, the Mediterranean sea, parades, festivities, and two story structures on fire.
Seen in Madrid: Palacio Real (Royal Palace of Spain), Plaza Mayor, The Reina Sofia (which contained a Picasso exhibit including the Guernica, and a Dali/Miro exhibit. Also Paul Thek.) El parque de Buen Retiro (think Central park of Spain).
Various goings-on of the trip will later be elaborated. Along with photos.
- A sucession of family dinners by Lindsay, Stacy, and then me. Tomorrow is Kate´s turn!
- Various spaces of warm weather (and pretty pictures) in the P-Lo. Lots of exploring. Parks, wild animals, and other such oddities have been discovered.
- Another concert, the Mozart Requiem, in a church yesterday for Palm Sunday.
- Semi regular attendance of church in Spain. It feels almost obligatory. Either way, it´s interesting. And fancy!
- Oh, and I´m sick. Again. It´s super great.
- Elections are being held in PSP and I was nominated for something like seven positions. Flattery, at it´s finest. I think I´ll aim for a secretary of sorts. I have to make a video speech and send it in by tomorrow night.
- Free entry to one of the most expensive clubs we know about here, Marengo, as well as free drinks. Whoo for being blonde, American, and of a pleasant disposition. Story to follow.
- OH!!!! As of last week, I got my life together! I started running and doing excercises every day, and each day either after or between classes (depending on my schedule) I go to this nice study room in the library and study for anywhere from 1.5-3 hours a day. I´ve gotten up to date on my History of Advertising notes, finished two books for my Literature class, and almost finished all the assigned reading for my Lenguage Publicitario class. AND I got my first essay back (for international relations) and I got a 9/10. And when he told me my grade he said "Excelente."

We leave for spring break on thursday night, and our plans are:
Dublin, Venice, Florence, Pisa, and Rome. I´m beyond excited! As should you be - there will be pictures!

However, that´s it for now - I´ll come back later today and elborate a few things, and upload photos. If you´re super impatient, a bunch of photos are on facebook : )

love you, miss you,
Hasta luego!
Alex