Life is good

Hola! So Friday night a bunch of us girls decided to go out to an American bar that we had heard about. It was soooo strange! We talked with the manager-in english! I hadn't realized how accustomed I'd become to speaking Spanish for most things, since a lot of the times the people I'm with are from the U.S. and we'll speak weird Spanglish. It was kind of refreshing just to know that I have a place to go where I'll feel at home. I feel like I can't really go there too much though, it's cheating. We had lots of fun there though and even found out that they're going to show the SuperBowl next Sunday! The 6 hour time difference makes it kind of difficult to watch since it won't end till about 6am here, but I'll probably go. It'll be a fun 8:40 class the next day :/ I think if I'm ever feeling homesick, that'll be a good place to go. They also have a trivia night in english and an intercambio on Wednesday night. I think I want to go to the intercambio. That's when native Spanish and English speakers meet and try to help each other with pronunciation and learning the other language. I think it'd be a great way to meet some Spaniards!
Last post I posted a goal. They are absolutely obsessed with soccer over here, which I love! There are always futbol games on and we always see reports about goals scored or Ronaldo's red card. Another sports player that is always on the news is Nadal, an amazing tennis player. Jenna and I have an ongoing debate about who is mas guapo, Nadal or Ronaldo. I'm naturally on the side of the soccer player, haha. Saturday day, Jenna and I went for a walk through the Rio(the dried up river that is now the parque). There are so many strange statues, as well as soccer fields, and lots of beautiful trees and fountains. There's also a lot of graffiti though. It was a gorgeous day and we took lots of pictures. Later on we met up with a few people in the park and kicked a soccer ball around for a while. I hadn't realized how much I missed soccer already. Saturday night a big group of us went out to another bar called "Eclectico". It had a cool atmosphere but it was a little more expensive. We tried glasses of Valencian red wine. They were pretty good, but Valencia isn't really known for its wine.
Yesterday, a few of us went out to get chocolate con churros. It's so delicious. The hot chocolate part is like a melted candy bar, and the pastries are so hot and fresh. Perfect. Today I had three classes, but for my Spanish Culture class we went into the center of town where we walked around a big market. It's indoors and is where lots of people buy all their food. The grossest parts were the meat vending stands that smelled horrible and had every part of various animals in them. This included chicken feet (do the chickens have large talons? haaaa), pig heads, turkey breast complete with whole legs attached, pig hooves, pig entire dried legs, and rabbit heads, still with eyes. It was a little bit gross but interesting. The professor also attempted to get us all to order beers at an outdoor bar, but most people didn't want to so we moved on. So different from the States! Overall, a pretty good weekend + Monday. Monday here is actually the first day of the week on calendars rather than Sunday. I think it makes more sense.
Oh! One other thing. Television here is really different. Normally we watch the not-public channels which means there are no commercials. However, when we watch the public ones, there are way less commercial breaks than in the US, but they're seriously like 10 minutes long. It's ridiculous. There are also some really funny/clever commercials. Overall though, I'm most surprised by what they're allowed to show on tv. Nothing is edited! We watched Knocked Up dubbed over and the showed EVERYTHING. Nudity is common. On a side note, there's also this dentist office nearby that has a big picture of a smiling woman...naked. It just makes me laugh. But back to tv, Jenna and I are obsessed with this show called Aguila Roja, which is pretty action packed and hilarious. This guy is basicly like a super hero, with his secret identity "Aguila Roja" which means red eagle. He saves people and has a ridiculous comical side kick.
And today, we found out that our senora has a turtle that she keeps in her room. And that the dog is afraid of it. Hahahaha. I guess that's it for now. Hasta Luego.