Classes started today. Woo hoo!...Not. But in all seriousness, I'm actually looking forward to having a little bit of structure in my week. I think it will make me feel like less of a tourist in Madrid, more like a resident. The first day wasn't so bad. I have three classes on Mondays and Wednesdays and then just one on Tuesdays/Thursdays so today was one of the long ones. The classes seem interesting (although I'm taking two spanish fiction classes and one spanish theater class on these days so that means A LOT of reading). I'm most excited for the theater class...the teacher is really low key and extremely knowledgeable about Spanish theater (he's an actor and a director here in Madrid) and judging from the syllabus we're going to be reading a lot of really well known Spanish plays. Yay!
In weather news, it got COLD here today. It's been pretty cold here since I arrived but for some reason today was ridiculously freezing and with a bit of rain. Not a fun walk to campus. Weather.com says it's going to snow here later in the week and I realize I'm going to regret saying this, but I'm kind of excited for there to be some snow on the ground! The rain I can live without though.
Tomorrow we have a group visit to El Museo Del Prado, which doubles as the first meeting of my art history class (Paintings in the Prado). I'm excited to visit the museum because since I've been here I've been seeing all these gorgeous buildings and museums but haven't really had the chance to go inside any of them yet. Also, last semester I took a class on Spanish art and we spent almost the entire semester talking about a few paintings that are housed in the Prado so it's going to be cool to see them up close and in person.
Anyway I'm off to bed. I have to get up early and try and get myself a metro pass tomorrow before the museum visit. I'll try and post new pictures soon! Adios!
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