segovia and wedding crashers

It's after midnight here, but tengo ganas de escribir. It's been a pretty fun week. I went out to Star Cafe on Wednesday night with some friends and my roommate and played beer pong (how American is that?). I'm still deciding between the classes I want to take (and even signed up for an extra one with intentions of dropping it but shhh don't tell the professor). Tomorrow I have 5 classes and then teach English afterwords. Wheww. Spanish literature since 1975, Short story, Islam in Spain, Cont. Spanish history, and Spanish film. But at least in my film class we get to watch movies!

I went on a date to La vaca argentina on Friday night and had my first steak in Spain, which was really good. I kind of regret not ordering dessert though after I saw some coming out. Saturday we took a day trip to Segovia and saw los acueductos (because we are so touristy) and the Alcazar. Today (Sunday) Ali and I ran through Retiro and I studied for a few hours in el Circulo de Bellas Artes, which is this cool little cultural center in downtown Madrid. Oh and I also cleaned the apartment today because me toca a mi esta semana. We take turns cleaning. It feels good to do a little spring cleaning, you know? Especially in a place that's fairly new and easy to clean, where you can actually tell that you cleaned.

I learned the word for slippers (pantuflas) this morning, which I mention only because it's a fun word. Just say it.

Here are some classic tourist shots from Segovia:

And as far as wedding crashing...you'll have to ask me at a later date. That's a story for the ages that I just can't put into words right now.