Only the curious have something to find...

So today I finally gave my sea legs what they were asking for. A nice long run. I've been so busy and trying to readjust to Spanish time that I have been terrible in getting in my daily runs! Today I found the running path that connects the little town that I live in to the walled city of Toledo. It's basically a dirt path that winds through the Spanish mountain sides. Once I got out of my little town the road was wider and smoother but ayyyiyi the hills! My poor legs! They got a wake up call for sure! I needed to get outside though and get in my sun so as not to continue my seasonal affectiveness disorder abroad. I doubt they have happy lights over here...they just have really good coffee! But the sun was brilliant and I basked in every second of it.

It was so peaceful just to run through the hills and at the top of each I could see Toledo and the Cathedral in the distance. It really is so surreal. It looks like a castle on top of a mountain. I love the timelessness of it. Next time I go I will bring my camera so I can post pictures of it for you all to see. I didn't leave until a little around 4ish so it was getting colder and darker around 5 and so I had to turn around to head back home, but one of these days I want to make it all the way to Toledo. I have to get ready to beat my dad in our marathon in just over a year!!

So I am officially done with classes for the week, and we are heading to Madrid tomorrow just for the night and for Saturday, just to get a little taste because we are going back for more next weekend! Classes here should be a breeze--I don't know if it's just the slow moving pace of Spanish culture, or if I am just so accustomed to Notre Dame classes that normal college classes just don't seem right. It might be a mixture of both but I'm not complaining! I'm taking a Spanish-American literature class, a theology class on Spanish Mysticism, a class on Spanish Golden Age theatre, a modern Spanish film class and a Global marketing class. The best part is that our "text books" are little spiral bound copies of different readings. Sometimes I feel like the Fundacion is a little childcare that babysits us. It's hilarious, but I couldn't ask for a better break.

Tonight we're going to take Toledo by storm again, and I will be sure to let you all know what kind of trouble Shakira runs into.

siempre amor! hasta luego.