Santander at 3 AM

I made Spanish friends last night! Juancarlos, Marco, and Marcos! Full-blown Santander locals, and decent guys too. I was out at the bar Bhengala last night, which happened to be packed wall to wall with the music blaring, so I had to yell just to hold a conversation. Mind you, I was yelling in Spanish. I lost my voice quicker than I thought I would. Probably because the air here is 10% oxygen, 75% cigarette smoke, and and 13% perfume/cologne (for you math studs out there, wondering what happened to the last 2%, I´d venture to say that it´s hairspray. There are some robust Euro-Mullets here that are held down by something, and my best guess is hair product. Speaking of Euro-Mullets, I´m dying to take a picture of one and post it...soon, very soon.)

I had a really good conversation last night with my host family, expressing my frustration with not knowing anyone Spanish, and always spending my time with our group of Americans, where we only speak English. I tried to make a vow to myself before the trip that I wouldn´t speak any while I was here, but that crumbled quickly. I want to speak more Spanish. And was a bit frustrated by that. Also, I barely have any homework here at my school. Really, I´ve had none. But it´s ok. Living here amoungs Spaniards is classroom enough for anyone.

This morning I toured a cathedral that was built in the 13th century. It was pretty dang big, but I´d say it was small for a cathedral. Also, there were old ruins of Roman bath that were on display in the Church (it was built over them). The Catholic churches are new for me. My host mom made me sad last night when I was trying to tell her a verse from Romans, and she was kind of unresponsive and said, ¨we catholics don´t read the bible much.¨

But anyways, I think I´m going to try surfing on the beach today...maybe. I´m also trying to save my money, so we´ll see. Pictures will come later, but I didn´t bring any of the cords with me right now. Oh, and I´ll try to include myself in these pictures, that way you´ll all know that I am ACTUALLY here.