January 22nd

So the other day, Dorothy and I were walking home and this guy came up to us on the streets and started talking to us....He asked us if we speak english and Dorothy said "Yaa" and he was so confused. He started speaking German with Dorothy and English with me, but he was Spanish. HAHA, we got a kick out of him....anyways....
On Tuesday, we watched the Inauguration of Obama in class. Our new president has been the top conversation starter for many and everyone in Spain is a huge fan of him. The French kids are also pretty enthusiastic about Obama, which is great to hear, since some of them don't really favor the U.S.
Other than the inauguration, I have been very busy planning for our trip to Italy. It is in almost a week and we decided we are flying into Milan and staying for a night. Then we are going to Venice for 2 nights, Florence for 3 nights, and Rome for 3 nights too! We can't wait and Dorothy has looked up every historical monument and site in the cities we are going to. I have been working to set up cheap hostels. I am also looking into visiting my friend, OD, in England in February. As we have been trying to plan all of our trips, we feel like we are running out of time. These 5 months are going to fly!!!!
In class, we have been learning more phrases to help us understand the language. I have really enjoyed my class and we have our final test next Thursday. I'm hopeful to go skiing with Roberto next Friday, although Granada has been getting sooo much rain! We heard that they haven't had this much rain in a looong time. Granada is used to having a drought....