Things are picking up...

The girls at Cadiz Carnaval

Getting ready to go before the big night

My buddy at Ceramics night

Monica and I with our Senora. Isn't she cute?

Today I have come to the realization that I am actually taking classes here and they are not just for pure enjoyment! Tomorrow I have my first paper due, and my first test, so it's going to be a night of studying for me.

This past weekend a large group of us went to Carnaval in Cadiz. It's a huge celebration with people in bizarre costumes and satirical singing groups about Spain's politics, religion, etc. We were in a great hotel (though a little too far away from the actual festival) and spent the night in the midst of all of the action. It was a crazy weekend...and I'm still unsure of my abilities to keep up with this Spanish lifestyle!

I'm not going to be traveling for the next few weekends, which I am surprisingly happy about. I still don't feel like I have seen this whole city. With classes every day, I can only spend a lot of time getting lost in different neighborhoods on the weekends... so that is my goal for the next few. Since my last entry I have visited the Prado, and will be going again tomorrow, have gone out for churros y chocolate with Monica and our Senora twice, and have painted pottery with local Spaniards at an organized event by SU. Each of these small events makes me feel just a little more at home here, so I want to do a lot more of them. Tomorrow is tapas y cine night with locals at the SU Institute...and hopefully that will be just as fun :)

I'm waiting for it to get warm here...so I can sit outside in the nearby park to study. Off to conjugate some imperfect verbs woohooo!