Yesterday was long and beautiful. We woke up early and went to visit La Alhambra during the day. It was so incredible, and very large. It served as a fortified city for the Muslims in earlier centuries. We saw where their armies stayed, their summer and winter houses, beautiful gardens and the view is remarkable no matter where you look.

After our visit we headed back to Madrid to drop off more than half of our group who are now at home in the United States! We went from 28 to 12... we shrunk in size but it's been great so far!

We met our families last night, and Emily and I were a little nervous because our padres are much older now than our last ones. However.... our "grandparents" are AWESOME! Just in the 2 meals we have had already we had dessert, bread and fruit! FANTASTIC.

6/28... Today, we slept in and ventured to school for our afternoon classes. It's about a 20 minute walk to school so it's not so bad. We had our orientation and real classes start tomorrow. This afternoon we are taking a flamenco class and then after dinner we will meet up with some friends in the plaza! Salamanca is very quaint, and calm... unlike Madrid. I think I'm going to like it here!

Our next mission is to find internet closer to our house, because as of right now we only have it in the school. Less than a month away from being home! How time flies...