A Day in Retiro

I am sleep deprived. Outside of our window (which we have to keep wide open at all times to make sure theres some sort of air flow) there are loud noises at ALL hours of the day and night. They range from the normal crying baby to screaming toddlers, clanging pots and pans and the occasional cell phone/house phone ringing. Not only are the noises outside but they are also right above us because the people that live there feel the need to move their furniture around constantly. Currently, there is a family singing "Cumpleanos Feliz" at the top of their lungs. I think this may or may not be their 3rd round of the song. Gotta love Madrilenos.

So imagine all of this AND last night we got home at 7:30 am from Kapital, a 7-story club in Madrid. My eyes are basically closed while typing this I am so exhausted. I'm hoping that tonight I will be able to get some sleep and do homework for my 9am class tomorrow. Oh the life of a student abroad. When we were outside of the club my friends and I were talking in English and other people heard us and asked where we were from. Hearing english spoken fluently is definitely not something you hear everyday. They ended up being a bunch of other students from America studying abroad in Madrid through another program. What a small world.

Today me and my two friends went to the Retiro, a park that is the Spanish equivalent to Central Park in NYC. It was beautiful- full of waterfalls, a lake, and lots of people spending their Sundays outside in this gorgeous weather. We tried to do our homework there but we were too distracted by everything around us. I think I am going to try and read there tomorrow for class- we'll see how that goes!