I've spent the last week/a bit more planning this trip. Originally, it was only a few of us who wanted to go, but I invited the whole group of UMassers plus two other friends I had made just in case. Only 6 people said they were going, but when I told people to meet at the bus station to buy tickets, 12 people showed up. And 3 more have bought tickets as well. We are an army of 15 and we are going to take Madrid by storm. We leave tomorrow after classes and will be staying in a Hostel that may very well be the crappiest in Madrid. It's an adventure! I'm not actually too worried, because no matter what problem we face, we have so many minds to find a solution.
The first half of this week has passed similarly to all the others. Classes, siesta, etc. I tried to go out to a Tapas night last night, but it was a failure. I showed up on time (woops) because I thought I would get lost. It was 9pm and we were hanging out outside (and by "we", I mean the guy in charge of the event and me...) waiting for more people to show up. Around 9:30pm a few people arrived, but no one I knew well. "Okay," I thought, "time to make friends!" But these kids were all attached to their little groups of people from their home universities, and were hell-bent on simply getting wasted. And nothing else.
Honestly? I'm sorry, but I'd like a little more intelligent/interesting conversation when I hang out with people... The purpose of going out, especially on a weeknight, should be to spend time with friends. Secondary should be drinking/eating/whatever. It's frustrating that that's all these American students want to do. Spaniards do not spend time with friends at home, they go out to bars and cafés and hang out together. But even they aren't there just to get drunk, they're there to socialize.
So I waited for about 45 minutes, finally got too cold and too frustrated, and left. No one I knew showed up, but that wasn't really the problem, I sort-of expected that. Oh well, hopefully next time people I know will go, since trying to make conversation with these other people in clearly impossible...
Today is a beautiful day and I had the nice surprise of being reminded that my last class was canceled. With my new-found free time Grace and I went shopping in the spaceship mall (that is what we all call it, but it honestly is a spaceship, especially from above).
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| A picture of the mall (pre-construction?) downloaded off Google Images...you tell me it doesn't look like a spaceship! |
Anywhoooo...off to write that analysis! I will have a nice, long blog entry for my viaje a Madrid when I get back on Sunday!!
*Besos*
Have a great trip to Madrid!!
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