Toledo y Real Madrid

On Sunday, SLU offered a chance to go on a day trip to Toledo which I signed up for.  We left early in the day on a couple of buses and it took roughly 45 minutes to get there.  The tour guide was a teacher at SLU and he was so worried that he was going to leave us behind... We must have been counted a hundred times to make sure everyone was there!

We began the day by driving up a mountain that overlooks the city and took a few pictures there.  It was absolutely gorgeous.  Then, we drove into the city and the rest of the day was spent on foot.  We walked all around the historical city and went into a synagogue.  Then we were free for lunch and whatever else we wanted, but we all needed to meet before going into the famous Toledo Cathedral.

Miriam and I went off by ourselves and bought a few things and ate a good lunch at a little bar/restaurante where it was only 10 euros for a three course meal and drink.  Then we went into the Cathedral and it was breathtakingly gorgeous.  We all got back together with the group on the other side of the San Martin bridge and made it back to the school in the evening.

I have had normal classes so far this week.  I only have class Monday through Thursday (lucky me).  Everyday I have Spanish 115 at 10AM with Monday/Wednesday Management at 2:00PM and Intro to Drama (we just read Oedipus the King... hello high school!) until 4:45PM and on Tuesday/Thursday I have Macroeconomics with a concentration on European markets at 12:30PM and Jerusalem: City of Three Faiths immediately following.  Not too difficult a schedule :)

creds to Jess

Last night, we (Miriam, Jess and I) impromptu decided to attend the Real Madrid v. Valencia game at Estadio Santiago Bernabeu, even though I had an essay to write and Spanish homework to do.  It was a great experience and we met up with a few other SLU people in the stadium.  The tickets were 25 euros and were up in the nosebleed section, but it was great!  Real Madrid won 2-0 and it was a fun game to watch.  When we were leaving, it was almost impossible to buy a ticket for the metro it was so packed and getting on the metro itself was insanely close for comfort haha.  We got back around midnight with no problems. (And don't worry, I finished my homework haha.)