As I walked to work yesterday the sun was shining, and I looked around me and realized what a beautiful city this is. You could not find anything like this in the US. Every building is just so ornate and lovely and there are plazas and fountains everywhere. I love that where I live does not have a tourist in sight. When I was in London I actually missed Madrid, it was weird. I missed being able to speak Spanish and walking down my little residential street to the tienda. We will see if I feel this way during the rest of my travels.
I am really excited for the upcoming weeks. On Sunday Evelyn and I are going to see a Real Madrid game!!! Apparently a lot of the stars are injured, or will be resting up before their Champions League match against Bayern Munich, and our seats are up in the nose-bleeds, but that doesn't matter to me. I just want to soak up the atmosphere that I hear is crazy.
Then on Thursday morning I am going to recruit for UR admissions at The American School of Madrid. I will be sure not to mention the recent blizzards in Rochester...
On Friday afternoon, my friend Gail's friend from from HS who is studying in Florence this semester will be here. She is staying with me that night until Gail arrives all the way from NYC on Saturday! I get to hang out with them on Sat, and then the next morning Adam arrives all the way from Rochacha! We are staying here in Madrid until Wed afternoon so that I can go to class on Mon and Wed. Then on Wednesday, Adam and I are going to Paris! We will spend all day Thursday and Friday sightseeing there, then we fly to Dublin on Friday night. On Saturday we will attempt to sightsee amidst the craziness of St Patrick's Day in Dublin. There are supposed to be a lot of UR people there that day, so I hope to see some of them. Then on Sunday morning Adam goes back to Rochester and I am staying with Katie until Monday afternoon. Then I come back here to Madrid and catch my breath before I leave for Italy in less than 2 weeks!
It makes me tired just writing all of that, but I am so excited!
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