Audrey Hepburn was WRONG?!?!

So in My Fair Lady, Audrey Hepburn said that the rain in Spain falls mainly in the plains. She's wrong. I'm currently in the Mediterranean region, and we've had two days of rain. Not anything too intense, but a pretty regular drizzle - enough to make the chilly-air seem even colder. It also doesn't help that the house is freezing - marble floors and concrete walls don't do too much for insulation. Needless to say I've spent as much time as possible in my bed under all my covers and wearing my sweats.

The weekends seem to be far less exciting than the weeks here in Spain - unless you're willing/able to stay out until 4 or 5 in the morning... which I'm not. On Friday night my small group from orientation had tapas in "Alemeda de Hercules" which was on the complete opposite side of downtown than where we began. It was a great walk through all of the tiny alleys and we ran into a couple of kid's in the CIEE Liberal Arts program from the University of Minnesota. After tapas I came back to my house and just as I was about to get into bed my new roommate Kendra (from UNC -Chapel Hill) asked if I wanted to go downtown with her and her friends from school. Honestly, I didn't want to but I didn't want to seem rude since it was our first night together... so I did. Next thing I know it's already 3am so we came back home and slept... Finally!

The next day was when the ran came and most of the city shuts down around 3 in the afternoon. Sadly I was hoping to get my cell phone on my way to my meeting about the internship program which was at 6, but that didn't happen. So instead I walked around downtown for a couple of hours- WITHOUT GETTING LOST!!! After our session at the CIEE Study Center for the internship program I walked home with a guy from Indiana from my small group and a girl from St. Thomas who was on all of the crazy flights. Unfortunately the girl from St. Thomas broke her foot the day before we left for Spain and is on crutches making the whole walking process a bit difficult. Well, making things even more difficult, she didn't exactly no where she lived - nor did she have the address with her so we more of less walked in circles for a good two hours. It turns out we walked by her house 4 or 5 times earlier that night. At least now I know where she lives so I can be of more help next time but it was a nice night (the rain stopped for awhile and we had fun jumping in/over/around puddles) and it was nice to talk to someone in half english/half spanish :)

Today, was a lot like yesterday... full of napping and huddling in my blankets! I had a meeting this morning about Safety/Security, Fun in Spain, Activities put on by CIEE, and a ton of other various things. After that it was lunch time where my hermanita told a ton of jokes (none of which I understood). I FINALLY understood one and started laughing and she clapped for me :)

Tomorrow I start my Intensive Language classes and will register for my official classes. And now it's back into bed to stay warm!