En vez de hacer tarea, escribo esto

In Toledo. I made sure to get those people in the picture so it would look more authentic haha I think without them it wouldn't be as good.

I met Don Quixote and we were both very surprised to see each other.

That's the paella I shared on friday. Pretty good!

Instead of doing homework, I'm doing this. I already have to do tons of reading...when I finish this, I will consult los programas to remind myself what classes I have tomorrow and what I have to do for them. Until the homework part, this weekend has been pretty good! Somewhat tiring, but overall a good tiredness. I'll just give a quick overview.. Friday - No class, but we went to a program walking tour called "Madrid on a Budget" so that was good, and then I went to a meeting for all the people who are doing an internship. Starting Monday, I'll be helping out in an english class at an elementary school twice a week. I think it should be fun, and it will be interesting to see how classes are run here...I also got lunch with a bunch of people (i split an order of chicken paella, grilled chicken, and fries)...and then the longest, most tiring expedition ever to get bus tickets to Toledo for the following day. Saturday - Toledo! It's about an hour by bus from Madrid, and it has lots of old buildings and churches and cathedrals and museums. I only ended up going into one church since you have to pay to get into anything, so we admired most of the stuff from outside, but I don't feel like I missed out on too much. Everything was really pretty...I'll try to post some pictures here in a little bit. I had to get a Toledo souvenir so I got one of those squishy leather canteen type things...except mine is not real leather and it says Rdo. de Toledo on it with a picture of a church. That night when we got back, we went to eat at a bar that served tapas which are kind of like little appetizers, but you're supposed to eat enough for it to be your meal. Sunday! - El Rastro aka flea market type place...I only went for a little over an hour, but it was good to just check it out. I got two scarves for 5 euros....I feel like we're supposed to bargain, but I kind of pansied out and just payed what the guy said. By then, the two people I was with and I were hungry, so we went to el Tigre which is a tapas bar that's super cheap. You get a drink and a bunch of tapas for 5 euros, so that's what we all got, and then we got another big plate of tapas for only 5...so we each payed about 7 total. That place is super popular with students since it's so cheap... Homework now!