so classes are actually going really well, despite my hestitations. the classes are a bit challenging, but are about interesting things for the most part. It feels really good to be back in the swing of going to actual classes.
This past weekend was really nice! It was exactly what I have been looking for in Spain. Friday night, Julia, a girl named Holly and I went to this party in an apartment on Gran Via. It was all international students, but barely any Americans, which was really refreshing. There was a Dutch girl from my grammar classes, and also a Brazilian from class too. There were Italians, French, German, Brazilian, Dutch, Estonian, Danish...and a lot of other nationalities that I cant remember. It was really cool, and it felt nice to have the common language actually be Spanish.
Saturday Julia and I went to Plaza Mayor for this weird Basque festival that was going on. There was lots of cheap food, and wierd gigantic puppets, and a bunch of people dressed in yellow dancing all over the place. It was nice. And instead of really going out that night, we just went to a sidewalk cafe and had some wine and sat and people watched for a few hours. Sunday, we just took a walk in this huge, nice park near the Prado. All in all it was exactly what I have been wanting to do in Madrid, so I'm glad I finally started doing it.
This weekend Julia and I are hopefully going to Bilbao, up in Basque country, to see the Guggenheim. It might not work out for this weekend, but we are definitely going at some point. This weekend would be nice, though, because we have a 4 day weekend.

more pictures are up at www.flickr.com/anniemb so check those out. sorry some are sideways, i dont know how to fix that yet!