First week of classes...in Spanish!

So it turns out I'm not quite as bad at Spanish as some of the other students here, but I'm not an expert either. I keep having to make people repeat things, or else I just stare at them until they realize I have no idea what their talking about.

Classes are going pretty well so far. I'm taking Art, Colloqiual Spanish, another Spanish language class, Journalism, and Human Rights. Most of the teachers seem really cool, down to earth and nice. The only bummer is that I have classes at 9:30am which means waking up at 6 or 7 :/ Ironically, the at the same time that I'm getting out of bed, some of my classmates are getting into bed since the clubs close at 6. I guess I won't be partying too hard during the week unless I want to pay the price!

I've noticed here that people don't really make eye contact on the streets. In Santa Cruz everyone is friendly and smiles at strangers as they pass by but in Madrid people just don't. Maybe it's a a weird hippie thing.

Also, the metro (subway) is rather entertaining. When I'm not being leered at by older men (ew) I get to watch people try to sell things, usually to no avail. Yesterday there was a guy on the train who was attempting to sell pens that doubled as flashlights. Today a guy was playing the accordian (accordian!) while I was on my way home.

Hooray cultural experiences!