Day 4 7-22-09

Hola Amigos! Today Kaila and I woke up earlier...8:45...haha! We ate some breakfast and took the bus to school because it was raining a bit. Not too long though, by the time we got to school it had stopped! Plus I had plans to talk with Jordon via webcam! YAY! :) I took my laptop to school with me today and stated setting up my stuff. Jordon was already on before me, mind you, it would be 4 AM your time. Except, I told him 3 AM, so poor Jordon was up an extra hour! First our webcams weren't working, but that's because Jordon didn't have his plugged in...haha. We finally saw each other and it was so nice and comforting. I felt so much better after we had talked. I was even able to see his cat, Carson! Now I just need to hear from my parents, but that will be soon, on Sunday. Another girl on the trip, is exactly like me! Very anxious, worried, and really missing home. We talk a lot because we can relate, so it's nice to have someone with you like that. In the morning, I just talked with Jordon, updated this, and sent emails. I went to class and we went over verbs, worksheets, and talked about differences in our countries. It was very interesting, because in the US we eat at waaaay different times than everyone else! We don't walk and use public transportation as much, maybe that is why we are overweight! We have waaay more fast restaurants as well! Two other students were added to our class, one from Germany and the other from Seattle, WA. He is hilarious and can't speak much Spanish. He swears a lot. We all laugh at him, not because he doesn't know Spanish, but beacuse he just is funny! He can never remember what words are and just speaks Spanglish most of the time. He likes to party, that's why he is in our class. He had to switch into the afternoon, because he was missing too much in the morning! After school, Kaila, Matt, Emily, and I went on a walking tour of the Gothic Quarter. It was alright, we saw a lot of stuff we saw the other day. La Rambla area for the most part...oh well. It was nice. I bought some postcards and took more pictures. It's very touristy and I hold my bag very close to me, a lot of stealing in the area. On the tour, we met a woman who is originally from WI but lives in Germany because her husband is in the Air Force, she is practicing her Spainish as well, but is around her 30's. After the tour, we took the metro home and caught a bus to our house. It is a lot of walking and we were tired. When we arrived home, we had salmon and noodles waiting for us! It was the best meal I have had so far! Very delicious! And I actually ate all of it! I was very hungry because I only ate yogurt and a piece of toast for breakfast, and a granola bar and peach for lunch! I was very hungry. I took a shower, shaved my legs and armpits (it's been about 5 days since I did that..haha...I am going European style) and am all nice and clean. I get so sweaty and hot, my feet are black by the end of the day, I am really disgusting! haha. Today was a great day overall, I saw a shooting star while we ate and was able to talk with Jordon...I am feeling much better. My roommate Kaila, said the same thing, she can tell I am doing a bit better..thank goodness! :) I'll update tomorrow, love you all!