¡Toledo!

On Lunes (Monday) we met our entire group at la aeropuerto barajas in Madrid to hop on a bus and head to Toledo. Toledo is only an hour away by bus, so it was a pleasant ride through the countryside. Upon arriving, I couldn't believe where I was - it's definititely a city straight out of the story books! The city is extremely old; the first cathedral ever built in Spain is in Toledo, along with the Alcazar, a fortress built by Reina Isabella II and Rey Fernando (the two who sent Columbus to the "new world"). It's absolutely beautiful!

This is my máma Paloma and her hija Palomita - Palomita is AMAZING at piano, practically a child prodigy - I love it here :)

The apartment I'm living in is gorgeous - its two stories and I have my own room with a large closet and bathroom - and the views from every window are simply stunning - I feel like I'm living in a storybook! I seriously have to remind myself that this is real life.

Not much has been going on besides me and my friend Kelsey have attempting to learn the city by purposely getting lost then finding our way home. Part of me will be sad when I completely know the city and can't play this game anymore, it's extremely entertaining! The city is extremely small, but massively hilly! I haven't had the energy to go on runs recently because my thighs hurt so bad from just walking literatly everywhere - it's good for me though.

 

 

The last picture is of me and my friends Kelli, Kelsey and Sara. We had to do a photo scavenger hunt for one of our classes (rough life, huh!?) and this was one of the photos we needed. Magnificent, eh?

Toledo, and the whole of Castilla de la Mancha (the providence Toledo is in) is the region of Don Quixote, wine, amazing cheeses and great quality swords, knifes and armor (so I've been told). So if any of you are in need of a suit of armor or a sword, you just let me know, they are in mass supply here! Plus super cheap, for legit swords that you could do some damage with!

We had our first day of class today and it was interesting. My spanish is decent, but definitely needs lots of improvement! In the city and with my family I get by fairly well usually because the words I cant think of or if I use the wrong conjugation, the Spanairds usually can help me out or at least can understand the concept of my sentence. And when they talk to me, I can have the explain what they're trying to say in great detail. But in these lecture classes, I basically have to grasp the concept automatically, which is difficult, but I'll get there :)

Well it is 12:10 in la noche aqui y necesito dormir para tengo clase más temprano en la manaña ( i love spanglish!) adios y hasta luego.

KD