Una semana tipica

After going to Toledo last weekend, I haven't done anything extra exciting - this was my first full week of class, and every day was unique, but I didn't go on any big excursions outside of Madrid. There were a few exciting firsts, though: first day at my internship, first wild goose chase, first conversations with resident spaniards, and first trip to el Museo del Prado. Internship - I'm helping out in a classroom twice a week during the english-learning portion of the day. The kids in my class are all around 6 I think, and they are all super nice and super adorable. The class seems to be run pretty much the same way as classes in the US, although I think they are ahead of us in math...they are already multiplying pretty easily....For the english part, the teacher normally has me play some kind of english vocab game with them, or I read with them. They all also have the cutest accents because they are semi-spanish and semi-british sounding. Goose Chase - I went out with a friend to try to get a phone, but all the stores kept saying they were sold out of the cheap 10 euro one, and sending us to a different one that might have it. We ended up going all the way to the other side of the city to a random mall, and when those people didn't have it, we just gave up and got chocolate covered churros. At least the churros were good...but I still have yet to get a phone. The next cheapest phone is 19, so I'll probably get that. Conversations - The ACCENT center invited everyone to an "intercambio" which is when you go somewhere to practice your spanish with spaniards who want to practice their english. Apparently there are tons of places that do this in the city - so many that they said you can find one pretty much any night of the week. We went to this one place owned by some guy from Alaska - he was really friendly and was able to remember everyone's names. I ended up talking to one guy from Colombia, a lady from Madrid, a lady from Chile for a little bit, and a student from another program from Berkeley! It was pretty fun, and I think we will probably go back. Museo del Prado - Every Thursday my art class meets at a museum instead of the classroom. Today was the first trip, and she just showed us around a tiny bit, and then we had to pick two paintings from el Greco and describe them. She also told us that every day from tuesday through either friday or saturday, it's free to get in from 6 to 8! This weekend is the program trip to Andalucia which is a province in Spain. We will visit the cities Seville, Cordoba, and Granada. It's going to be a long busride, but hopefully it will be fun!