*I am going to write in Spanish first and then translate to English, so I can see if my language skills increase AT ALL over the semester.*
Después de llegando en Madrid, fui con el resto del groupo a un hótel, que se llama Hotel Regina. Es circa de la plaza del Sol. Tuvimos un reunión sobre los móviles al hótel poco después de llegaron allí, pero tuve tiempo para ducharme. Era sucia después de sido en un avión o aeropuerto todo al día. Luego tenía tiempo libre y podía descansar. Era una siesta muy agredable y refrescante.
No hicimos mucho más eso día. Solo tenía cenar, y muchas personas fueron fuera, pero yo dormía más.
El próximo día, tenímos reuniones dónde nos dicieron sobre clases y quedando en las casas. Hay mucho información, entonces te ahorro los detalles.
Luego unas amigas nuevas y yo fuimos para cenar. Buscamos para un restarante que sirva sushi, pero no podemos descubrirlo. En vez, fuimos a un restarante de tapas. Tuve un plato de espárrago y fois. También sangria, claro.
Era el cumpleaños de un chico, Alex. Todos se encuentraron a las once y media para ir a un "cave bar." Dos estudiantes que estaban aquí el semestre pasado nos conduían. ¡Esa bar era llena! y más de 20 personas no ayudaba. Me fui al hotel temprano, circa de 2:30.
Inglés:
After arriving in Madrid, I went with the rest of the group to our hotel: Hotel Regina. It is near the Plaza del Sol, so there was a lot of stuff to see and do. We had about half an hour of free time before having a meeting about cell phones and then eating lunch, so I took a quick and much needed shower. After lunch, we had plenty of free time, and I took a delighful and refreshing nap.
We didn't do much else that day, just had dinner at around 8. A bunch of people in our group went out that night, but I was still exhausted, way too tired to try to conform to Spanish going-out customs, so I went back to bed.
The next day I had meetings all day about classes, internships and the homestays. There was a ton of information and I'll spare you the details.
I went out to eat later with a few of my new friends somewhere around Plaza del Sol. We were looking for a sushi place, but couldn't find it, so we had tapas instead. I got a plate with asparagus and fois gras on bread. It was goooood.
Since it was a boy's, Alex's, birthday, everyone agreed to meet in the hotel lobby at 11:30 to go to some "cave bar." I don't know who heard about it, but two girls who had been here last semester led the way. Even though midnight is still considered a little bit early to be out in Spain, the place was packed. And the 20-something people in our group probably didn't help. I went home relatively early - about 2:30.
Después de llegando en Madrid, fui con el resto del groupo a un hótel, que se llama Hotel Regina. Es circa de la plaza del Sol. Tuvimos un reunión sobre los móviles al hótel poco después de llegaron allí, pero tuve tiempo para ducharme. Era sucia después de sido en un avión o aeropuerto todo al día. Luego tenía tiempo libre y podía descansar. Era una siesta muy agredable y refrescante.
No hicimos mucho más eso día. Solo tenía cenar, y muchas personas fueron fuera, pero yo dormía más.
El próximo día, tenímos reuniones dónde nos dicieron sobre clases y quedando en las casas. Hay mucho información, entonces te ahorro los detalles.
Luego unas amigas nuevas y yo fuimos para cenar. Buscamos para un restarante que sirva sushi, pero no podemos descubrirlo. En vez, fuimos a un restarante de tapas. Tuve un plato de espárrago y fois. También sangria, claro.
Era el cumpleaños de un chico, Alex. Todos se encuentraron a las once y media para ir a un "cave bar." Dos estudiantes que estaban aquí el semestre pasado nos conduían. ¡Esa bar era llena! y más de 20 personas no ayudaba. Me fui al hotel temprano, circa de 2:30.
Inglés:
After arriving in Madrid, I went with the rest of the group to our hotel: Hotel Regina. It is near the Plaza del Sol, so there was a lot of stuff to see and do. We had about half an hour of free time before having a meeting about cell phones and then eating lunch, so I took a quick and much needed shower. After lunch, we had plenty of free time, and I took a delighful and refreshing nap.
We didn't do much else that day, just had dinner at around 8. A bunch of people in our group went out that night, but I was still exhausted, way too tired to try to conform to Spanish going-out customs, so I went back to bed.
The next day I had meetings all day about classes, internships and the homestays. There was a ton of information and I'll spare you the details.
I went out to eat later with a few of my new friends somewhere around Plaza del Sol. We were looking for a sushi place, but couldn't find it, so we had tapas instead. I got a plate with asparagus and fois gras on bread. It was goooood.
Since it was a boy's, Alex's, birthday, everyone agreed to meet in the hotel lobby at 11:30 to go to some "cave bar." I don't know who heard about it, but two girls who had been here last semester led the way. Even though midnight is still considered a little bit early to be out in Spain, the place was packed. And the 20-something people in our group probably didn't help. I went home relatively early - about 2:30.
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