Sorry that I haven't blogged lately. A few exciting things have happened. Last Friday we went on a kind of self guided tour of the downtown area which is called Sol. We had to look at a lot of buildings and answer questions about them. Of course, I forgot to bring my camera.
On Saturday, we went to an event with the school called an Intercambios. Its where you meet with people who live in Madrid (or wherever you are) and you practice speaking in the languages you are learning. All the people on Saturday knew English but needed practice and of course, all of us need practice with Spanish. Its a really good idea because you can get to know people, make friends and learn about the city at the same time as you are practicing Spanish. The only problem with this event on Friday was that there were way more NYU students than Madrileños. At my table, there were five girls from NYU and one girl from Madrid, so I hardly got to talk to her at all. My roommate Michelle had better luck and talked a lot with one girl at her table. They exchanged numbers and have plans to get tapas and hopefully I will be able to join them!
On Sunday, Dasha, Michelle and I went to Madrid's famous and gigantic outdoor market El Rastro. They litterally sell almost everything there. Clothes, jewelry, electronics, AS SEEN ON TV MERCAHNDSIE, car parts, antiques. It was a lot of fun. I bought a dress for 10 euros.
Here is a picture of the first street you walk down, but then jsut imagine that there are 12 billion more booths
The only other exciting thing that has happened was the cooking class today. A group from NYU went to this cooking school that these two ladies have set up in there apartment. They demonstrated how to make a few dishes and gave us the recipes (in Spanish). They made sangria, paella, and tart de santiago. Then they made tortilla española and we each got to make out own individual one!
This is a tortilla española http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tortilla_espa%C3%B1ola
It's not like a mexican tortilla and they eat them ALL the time here. The ones we made were delicious though!
The whole thing was fun although a little confusing since the chefs only spoke Spanish. Tomorrow we have to go to a lecture about the history and culture of food in Spain, or something like that. I'll let you know if I learn anything interesting.
Oh also this weekend I had churros con chocolate for the first time ever!!!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Churro
They are served with a whole mug of melted chocolate and when you finish the churros, you drink the chocolate from the mug!! Its the worst thing you can ever possibly eat, I'm pretty sure.
Thats all for now!
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