Rain, Rain, Rain

So, as every roommate I've ever had and my parents can attest to, if I have no reason to wake up, I won't. And if it's cloudy, best o' luck getting me out of bed before noon. Therefore, since it is cloudy and rainy again (I feel like I'm in Washington state) I didn't get up until just before 1 today. Oops. But I've had a really lovely day, an ending to a pretty lovely week. For example, I took this photo while I was waiting for one of my classes on Wednesday night:

Beautiful, no? I took that sitting on the steps of my classroom building. I have an hour off between classes on Tuesday and Wednesday night, which I have no idea what to do with right now. But that night I sat out on the steps and watched the novatos (freshmen) of the residencias (dorms) basically getting hazed by the veteranos in the plaza in front of the Catedral. Which is super normal here, it's super public. They just make them do goofy stuff and dress up, and you can tell them all because they have the letter "N" painted on their cheek, usually with some other kind of artwork on their faces. I guess the difference is no one seems to be dying from what they make them do. America, take note.

I also went back to the gym the next morning, and decided that either I'm at a gym that not a lot of athletic girls go to, or the girls here just don't work out super hard, because every time I go over to the weights area, all the guys stare at me. Not really in a creepy way, just like, "who is this chick and why is she using our weights?"

Last night we found out that they were showing the movie To Rome With Love in the original voices it was shot in, so part English and part Italian, with Spanish subtitles. Honestly, if I'd gone to see it in Spanish, I don't think I would've understood it. I still don't really understand it, that's a strange movie.

But back to today: While wandering around this morning, I found a wall that reminds me of my sorority back home, even if the Delta Delta Delta is covered in graffiti... 

After lunch, I went to the ISA Office to hang out with some girls from the program. We watched Pretty Woman and then went to Valor for some coffee and chocolate. Seriously, their churros con chocolate are super deliciously addicting. 

Drizzly day in Salamanca

Some of the girls I hang out with. We photograph well.