Enjoying another lazy madrileña weekend (which starts Thursday at lunchtime, actually). I've been kinda boring this week. The weather has been foul and I've been tired, so haven't gone out much. I really don't have much to say. But!
-I have now seen an Andorran license place. Check that off the bucket list ;-)
-Finally, I have figured out the short cut from the metro to my campus and reduced the walking time from 15 to 10 minutes. Pat on the back, self. But some days I just take the scenic route through the park anyway :-)
-I just realized this is the first time in my life I've ever had my own bathroom. Kinda weird.
-Spanish olive oil is magical. I could eat it for the rest of my life. And the bread is rockin.

Language... Earlier this week I had a lot of trouble speaking. Sometimes Mari Carmen would just say, "I don't know what you're saying." Just a weird little phase, I guess. Then things improved and now I can even understand most of what I hear on crazy Spanish TV shows or when I talk to people on the street. I'm learning a TON. It's just taking a little while for my mouth to catch up. But my profes have been soo encouraging (and all-around great). Yesterday, one even told me I was pretty much fluent. Yay! Flattery works on me, people.

Here's a side view of the National Museum of Natural Science. It's about a 5 min walk from my building. Wasn't too exciting inside. Not very many exhibits, mostly some rooms of stuffed rodents and frogs in jars and that kinda thing. I actually think the "educational garden" was more interesting (hence the flowers). But, oh well, there's about 20 other museums to explore while I'm here!
Hasta luego...