We have a home!

This has been a busy last week. And I still can't believe a month has gone by! Emily and I celebrated our one month arrival anniversary here our first night in our apartment.

We're all moved in and have a fridge full of groceries and more importantly, a kitchen to cook in. Tonight we are planning on beginning our Friday Shabbat dinners! We might not have time to make challah, but for the future that's the goal! We live with 3 Spaniards and 1 boy from Peru. Everyone is really nice and I think it will be a good living situation, and more Spanish practice.

After some rearranging of my room, I finally got settled in. It's freeeeeezing though, and because heat is really expensive here we don't use it much. So, I had to go out and buy a new big, white, fluffy comforter --- my favorite! Now I'm feeling right at home...

Classes started this week as well. I think my schedule is finally settled:

Geografía del Tercer Mundo
Historia de Arte Contemporaneo de España
Historia de Arte de Escultura de España
Cultura Hispanoarabe

Not bad... no classes on Friday, and out by 2 every day. None of them seem too hard, even though the art history classes are both upper level, but some of hte professors talk so fast! Hopefully, I think I've solved this issue, as I began to bring my computer to those classes to record the lectures. I think that will really help to go back and review/study/understand my notes, and as the grading system is a little different here, I definetly need to be prepared for the one final exam at the end of the semester. Although most Spaniards just cram the week before, I really want to try to study a little each week to keep on track.