Hola from Valencia! We are finally set up in our dorms so I can have internet access daily. Valencia is even prettier than Madrid, in my opinion. The people are also so nice. Since we obviously speak with an American accent, they speak slower for us so we can understand and communicate better. I can already tell that my Spanish is improving. A goal for the end of this trip is to be fluent.
Since last night was our last night in Madrid, we decided to go back to the discos and have a great time. The hours of going out here are so crazy! For Americans (or at least Athenians) we go out around 10 to catch happy hour and stay out until two at the latest. Here, you don't even leave to go out until about 1 0r 2 in the morning! You stay out until at least 4 or 5 a.m. Most places are dead until about two. I don't know about y'all, but that is wayyyy past my bedtime. Last night, we went to the same bar that we went to the night before with the dancing podium. There we met an Italian woman named Sarah and her cousin (I forgot his name...oops). But they were so excited to meet Americans in Madrid. Sarah insisted that she talked to us in English and that we talked to her in Spanish. Surprisingly enough, we understood each other pretty well and were able to communicate rather easily.
We got back around 4:30 in the morning and had to be up before 10. Around 11 we left for Valencia! The countryside is so pretty here, but they don't have real trees. They are all shrub-looking things. When we finally got in, we took a tour of our dorms and then I settled in for a much needed nap. Supper here is between 8 and 10, so we were naturally starving by then. Being Americans, we burst into the dining hall and scarfed down the food.
Tonight we will most likely explore the nightlife of the city and see where everything is here. It's going to be a fun six weeks.
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