Toledo and Kapital

Yesterday we toured Toledo, which was about an hour away from our hotel. It was nice, but very cold and very foggy for most of the time we were there. I wish it has been a little nicer because when it finally cleared but it was beautiful! Toledo is a very old city that hasn't been changed much since it was built. All the roads are very skinny and winding and it's really easy to get lost. I'm having a really hard time determining the difference between sidewalks and roads here. You would think this would be an easy distinction but, think again. We are constantly walking on streets that look like they are barely big enough for a motorcycle to fit through and suddenly a car its driving up behind us like its no big deal. I have had quite a few near death experiences and I would feel a lot safer if I could walk without the fear of some car speeding by and taking out my legs.

Not the best example but this is one of the 

skinny streets ... some are worse and that 

car almost hit my friend! It's madness!

Shop in Toledo

We also had churros in chocolate for the first time after

much searching the past few nights. It was life changing!

Once Toledo cleared up the view was amazing. They drove us to a good spot to take pictures before we left.

View of Toledo

Liz, Lauren, Karelli, Me, Corey, Nichole and Zoe in Toledo!

Last night was wild. We went to this famous club called Kapital, which ive heard is the biggest club in Europe but I'm not 100% sure. If it's not the biggest, with 7 floors it's gotta close. I was a little leery about the 15 euro cover charge but it was worth EVERY penny. It was completely unreal. There were 3 floors with dancing and 4 floors set up as more of a lounge. It was perfect bc you had some where to go when you got tired of dancing or wanted to hear yourself think. The whole club was decorated really cool and each dance floor had a different music theme. I seriously couldn't believe this place was real life. We had to use the buddy system big time since none of us have cell phones yet, but everyone is really good at looking out for each other. Me and my friend Corey met 2 really nice German boys that seemed really happy to talk to someone in English. We talked to them for an hour and they were so nice! They were our age and in madrid celebrating something about finishing training for their jobs... It was interesting hearing about how they do work and school in Germany... Very different from here. We finally headed out of the club around 4:45 and I was asleep around 5:30 (only to wake up at 7 this morning) Im proud of us for finally having a traditional Spanish night out and not coming back 'early'. The club closed at 6 though so I guess we could have done better! (i dont have any pictures from the club yet but i will add them when I do!)

Now we are on the bus on our way to Alicante. FINALLY! I am SO excited I can't wait. It will be much warmer there and I just can't wait to see it. I really want to get settled and unpack... Very tired of living out of a suitcase! The tours have been great but I'm definitely ready to get away from sight seeing in such a large group and having people tell me what to do/ where to go. I'm looking forward to a routine and finally seeing where I'm going to be living the next 5 months.

Tomorrow is orientation at the university of Alicante and Tuesday we have a walking tour of the city. Sorry for so many long posts but I wanted to make sure I kept track of everything. I'm loving it!

Ps. I'm working on getting my snapfish account linked to here so you guys can see my pictures

Pps. I, along with the some 60 other girls have fallen in love with one of the USAC tour guide/employees (or whatever he is). All I know is he works for USAC and every single girl sighs whenever he walks by. Luckily, he's coming with us to alicante (darn!) and I'm sure it will work out between us and he'll come back to the states with me in June. Haha!