Madrid last week

The past couple weeks were pretty stressful, which I didn't expect from my classes abroad. I'm not doing as well as I want, which is more disheartening than anything, and occasionally I have 'what am i doing here' kind of moments. I was really more exhausted than anything; a lot of work and midterms were really packed into just those couple weeks and I was tired from traveling, so I just got pretty burnt out.
Aanyways.. I'm better now.
Last week, after Berlin, Nick and his friend Abby came to Madrid for a couple days for their fall break. This is one of the several issues that I hope to bring up in an evaluation of some sort for this program. I think fall break would have been very beneficial so I could have spent more weekends in Madrid, and spent less money as traveling on weekdays is much cheaper. It would have also helped with the fact that everyone at this point is tired!

But again, aanyways.. Last Sunday afternoon we went to the Retiro; it was really great, there were tons of people hanging out, drum circles, botellón, etc.. We went out Sunday night but Madrid, I have found, is really great thurs-sat nights only. Still it was nice to see a friend from home!
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TODAY IS NOVEMBER 4TH. I really wish I was in the states right now, but at least I'm going to an OBAMA victory party tonight with a live cnn feed : ) I am super excited, perhaps over-confident.. All of us over here sent in our ballots, I hope all of you have done the same!