Tuesday, August 31, 2010

La Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

Today I slept ... until 1:00 pm! But I really needed it, having not slept much on the plane.Sleeping in was ok though because we did not have to meet anywhere until 3:30 in the afternoon. We met Isabel in Sol (the same metro stop as yesterday) and then she showed us how to get to the train that takes us to campus. The train ride to Carlos III is about 20 minutes south to Gefate - a suburb of Madrid. The campus is very pretty - I've noticed that Spain seems to highly value on aesthetics in the cleanliness of thecity and the campus is the same. UCM3 is a young school but it still has a good personality about the campus that I could sense despite the lack of students. The campus does not re-open for the year until Wednesday, Sept 1 - and even then it is only open for students to take examenes. Their term doesn't start until October!

After the walking tour of campus we went to get cell phones - a requirement of the program - and then returned home after that at about 10:00. For dinner tonight, Elena prepared a delicious Tortilla Espanola (Spanish Tortilla/Spanish Omelette). This is a sort of egg dish with potatoes and onions in it in a kind of cake - similar to quiche without the crust. Fue Deliciosa! Now to bed - porque manana, reuninimos a las 9:30 por la MANANA. Ciao

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