Today I saw the real Spain. I also got my first Spanish headache.

Carly and I woke up and enjoyed desayunar - the BEST hot chocolate I have ever had in my life. I don't know why it made such an impact on my day, but that cup of leche con cacao seriously started the day off really well. Then, Nieves was nice enough to drive us to al campo or el comercial centro so I could get a phone and a few other things we still needed to get settled.

Buying my phone almost brought me to tears. I had no idea what to say, how to explain it; I didn't want to spend an excessive amount of money. With a lot of help with Nieves, it all worked out. I felt bad having her come with us because she uses her crutches to get around and it has to be very hard. But hopefully that was the first and last time we will need her help.

We came back and had almuerzo - espaghetti and the chicken meatballs... and an orange. There is a lack of vegetables in their diet and too many carbs I'm already starting to see. Carly and I wanted to explore Alcala so we went out with our cameras. As I was taking pictures I realized how beautiful this country is! It's incredible how you don't have to make a picture look good or find something to shoot because everything is muy muy bonitaa!! Surpringly on our walk we found other people in our group and they showed us where our classes are. Then we scoped out the scene for tonight because there is "American Night" at one of the local bars. When we were coming back, Carly recognized a girl on her flight from University of Arizona! Apparently there are 12 students from there staying in Alcala which was really nice to find out. So we're all meeting at 10 en la plaza de cervantes to go to American night!

Luckily Nieves lives right by a public "sports area" so there is a track, soccer stadium, tennis and volleyboll courts etc. When we got back from walking around, I went running on he track which wasn't as sketchy as I thought it was going to be. I went at 7 so it was already dark but they had night lights and there were lots of kids soccer teams playing/running and then some adults held a practice.

Classes start mananaa! Can't wait!