When in Spain...

Do as the Spanish do? My legs hurt so bad. It's a mix between sore from walking for hours everyday and pain from dehydration (they really don't drink that much water here). After siesta today, Amanda and I walked around Ubeda. We went in some shops in the market and we both bought some clothes. We were just wandering around, hoping we don't walk near the bad part of town (where there might be gypsies) and we stumbled upon this absolutely breathtaking ledge that overlooks the olive groves with the mountains in the distance. Since it has just kind of rained (like 5 drops for 5 seconds) there was even a rainbow!
Afterwards, we went and got tapas y cerveza. Today's tapa was calamari. Much better than snails. The beer here is much stronger than in America. Es una cosa buena. One cup and you're feeling pretty good. It's also fairly cheap. When I got back home around 9:30 or so mis padres had already left for the night. I'm not really sure where they went but they left a note that they'll be back late. Apparently, they're really into dancing (salsa, flamenco, tango, etc), so I have a feeling that's where they went. My brother is about to go out with his friends to get some drinks, but he has to be back early because he goes to Jaen for class in the morning. Right now he's listening to music and the majority of it is American. I think it's funny that they still listen to a lot of American music, even though it's in English. What if the only English you knew was Lady Gaga, Katy Perry and the Black-Eyed Peas lyrics? However, the Spanish songs that are mixed in aren't bad at all, I may have to download some new music.

It's almost 11 and I'm about ready for bed. The days here are long and tiring but so much fun. I love that I'm getting used to the town and exploring all kinds of new things. I also love that taking a nap everyday is acceptable. Not just acceptable, expected. My spanish is already improving, even though it's still very broken. I like speaking with my family because they talk slowly and know that I can't form sentences sometimes. Being in public is a whole different story. I did do very well with the restaurant lingo today, I was pretty proud of myself for that. I may attempt to work on some homework before I get on skype at midnight. It's so weird that it's midnight here and only 6 o'clock at home. Like on the video it's daylight in Cary and I'm about to go to bed. For our homework we have to read multiple chapters out of both of our novels and complete some pages in our workbook, along with writing a page long paper using certain tenses. I hope that we only have this much homework because it's the weekend. I can't handle that much everyday! When would I explore if I always have to do homework? The kids here are crazy though, they study ALL the time. Maybe I'll take a lesson from that and get started on my massive amounts of homework (all in only Spanish, of course).