Lost in Sol

    
Our first night out in Madrid was a success! We started off the night by meeting up with a group of SLU students who live a block away. We ventured our way toward the metro that would take us to Sol. After a 15 minute ride we had arrived in Sol (the city). Here we met up with about 100 other SLU- students. Corinne, Emily, Tom, and I headed for a bar. We ended up at an American sports bar and had a couple beers. From there we went to the Dubliner. Lets just say it was Saint Louis relocated. The night was great. We all had a blast meeting new people. We left the bar around 3AM. The only problem about leaving the bar at 3am... the metro is closed. So we ventured off with Tom and 7 other girls. Our first plan was to drop Emily off at her host family. This didn't exactly turn out as planned. See Tom who speaks fluent Spanish, had one too many beers, and Emily had no idea how to get home. So we wandered around for a while. Tom, being oh so coordinated, began talking about the Saint Louis Ark (he meant arch), and ran smack into a tree. One of the many highlights of the night. After a an hour of wandering around the ghetto of Sol we eventually made it to her host family. Then we were off to Nuevos Ministerios. Tom told us it was only an hour walk. Well Nuevos Ministerios is 10 miles away. That didn't sound like an hour walk. With everyones feet hurting and sleep setting in, we decided to take a taxi and split the fare. We arrived home safe and sound and went right to bed! Successful first night!

     Today I woke up around 10:30, took a shower, and ate breakfast. The breakfast was delicious. Here breakfast consists of cereal and hot milk, as well as chocolate and cookies. Wow, I could get used to this. After eating breakfast Corinne and I headed off to SLU. Once we arrived at SLU we bought our phones and waited around for our tour of an old palace. All new students and study abroad students hopped on the bus and headed off. The palace was gorgeous! After walking around and taking pictures we were taken to a restaurant. Here we had the famous churros and chocolate.  Los churros son muy deliciosas. After our wonderful snack it was back to campus and then we headed home. After a long day we were greeted by Senora Angeles. She provided us with a wonderful dinner consisting of chicken and rice.  Tomorrow is the first day of classes. Hopefully they are manageable!