Espanol gana Australia Open por primera vez!

Sooo The school pulled us Minnesotans out of class to tell us there wasn't space for us to go to Toledo, despite the fact that we were the first on the list and a majority of Estudio Sampere's income at the moment. Que pena. Well, I was determined to get out of here this weekend so I organized a day trip to Avila, an ancient city an hour out of Madrid that boasts old churches and convents and a humongous city wall that dates back to the eleventh century. Not that you'd care to know. But it was kinda cool. Wanna know what wasn't so cool? Siestas exist there! When we got out of eating at the creperia (which is a growing theme) everything in the streets was closed! Everything! We asked someone in the street if we could go to a movie and she said no, there wasn't a whole lot we could do. LOL so we wandered the streets and ate some more---I wish I could remember the last food I ate in the U.S.---but besides the point... We ate and wandered. We conquered Avila.

I spent the rest of the night at home taking a break. And it was wonderful.

So then it was Sunday. Rain... snow!... More rain... Mist shit... we eventually found a bar that was showing the Superbowl last night which was pretty exciting so we went! BUT I was really really disappointed because they were showing rando european commercials instead of the authentic superbowl commercials of 2009 (we all know that's the only reason I would watch football anyway) so my roomie and I left after the first quarter---which was actually pretty reasonable because by then it was 1am here anyway!!

And now it's today, and I need to study so I can pass my exams on Thursday.