weekend.

• Instituto B. Franklin took a field trip! I went to Segovia for the day for my Culture and Civilization class! I love my school and all of my teachers. We saw the Granja, which is like the Spanish version of Versailles. The Alcazar de Segovia was great, too. We had guided tours of both, in Spanish of course. Lots of history. This will be fun writing my paper about it. Oh and we saw the Aqueduct of Segovia which was so amazing! One of the best preserved monuments left on the Iberian Peninsula!
• Saturday morning = cookies for breakfast. Thanks, Pilar.
• We found a Mexican Restaurant in Alcalá! Maybe I will take myself out for Valentine's Day? 
• Went to the Retiro Park- Madrid's version of Central Park. I like it better though. My feelings of nationalism are diminishing. Viva España! 
• One of the Auburner's turned 21! Legal in America woop woop, Chris! The place we were sitting outside of, by the Gran Vía, had these prostitutes working the corner. I couldn't help but watch because we were sitting right there! They would grab men as they walked by and the men would run away, accept for the occasional takers. It really is sad but shocking. You see something new everyday.
• Sushi. It was actually and all you can eat buffet. Food just kept coming around on a conveyer belt. Talk about heaven when you've been over here for a month. One of the sushi rolls had ham in it. That sums up Spain's love for ham. Por favor. We got there at 8:30 which is early for Spain dinner so we had the place to ourselves! 
• Trying to get the last train back from Madrid is always an experience when you are rushed. Maybe because I know that I wouldn't spend my Euros on taxi and the thought of staying until 6 a.m. is painful. Of course we had already gone through the ticket collector thing when Sara realized she didn't have the right coins. Our train was leaving in about 1 minute. Finally she found the right change and we are all sprinting through the train station. Reminder: We had eaten at a buffet prior to this so running wasn't feeling to great. Sara ran onto the up escalator, but she was going down. This was America's Funniest Home Videos quality.