First week of classes over, and life is good. Classes are going smoothly, and i´m starting to get more and more acustomed to life, and not speaking any english. So I´ve been here for a week and i´ve already learned that the night life here is very dangerous for a student like myself. All the schools give free drink vouchers on thrusday nights for all the local clubs and bars. I don´t know how the spaniards do it. They go to class in the mornings, but they party till like 4 or 5 in the morning. That is hard core. I´m used to small town colorado where a party consists of drinking at like 9, going home around 2 or 3 on a late night. But here, things don´t open till 12 or 1 and you have to pace yourself for a huge night. I´ve been getting home at around 4 or 5 in the morning and that is still early for the die hards out there. I´m not used to it, its overload! That is the last time I ever go out on a thursday here. Friday I was a zombie. Well I learn fast and that was that for me. I´ll stick with the weekends.

I figure I paid way too much money to blow my grades on this trip by ditching class, and getting wasted everynight, so I´m going to take it easy from here. It is amazing to party here. We ended up going to like 5 clubs and 4 bars on thursday alone. It is crazy, poor poor sheltered hayden kids. I´m living the life. Everything in this city is geared towards students, the university, and eating. I´ve noticed that there isn´t really anything else to be in this city other than a waiter, student or profesor. It is amazing, this whole city is one gigantic college campus. I feel lucky to have classes here. I think Kim, and chelsea would like this place the best. It is sort of like a university filled with laid back, freethinking spaniards. It is awesome to be immersed in this mentality

the students in our school are from all over the world. Its an international school, so the people I hang out with are from all over the place. Mainly Brazil, Holland,UK, Japan, Sweeden,USA, Germany, Switzerland. But the coolest thing is that out common language is spanish. It is a strange feeling to meet people in another language. Its normal for most, but for me it is new. In fact tongith I´m going to a house warming party of these dutch friends I have. It is turning out to be an amazing trip.

Well I´ll write more later. Come on people at school, start mailin me!!!!
-Eric