On Monday I went with the visiting Americans to Segovia. Segovia is a very nice and touristy city relatively close to Madrid. We got on the train in the morning and after about a 45 minute trip got off in Segovia. We saw the ancient Roman Aqueduct, probably Segovia’s biggest attraction, then the cathedral, and lastly entered the Alcazar. These were all things I had already seen, although that didn’t take away all of their coolness. We spent the rest of the afternoon hanging out in Segovia and then came home.

On Tuesday we went to the city hall of my town, Collado Villalba, and took a tour of the building and then met with the Mayor of the city. This was a short little event but some of the local media came and took pictures. By the time this was over we only made it back to school for the last class. After school we went to a big mall in a nearby town by bus. Nearly all of the Americans have cars in the states and aren’t used to public transportation. When we went to catch the bus back to Villalba we were a little late and missed the bus. We had to wait for another 25 minutes until the next bus came. Public transportation is actually really nice once you get used to it, but I think some people have trouble adjusting to the idea that they can’t just get in a car and go immediately. We did eventually make it back to Villalba.

At 9:45 we met up for dinner at a Chinese buffet restaurant. This is the normal time for dinner here in Spain. Well, I actually usually eat at 9:15 give or take 20 minutes but when you go out it is later. This was with all the Americans who came and the Spaniards who will be going to the States in April and some Spanish exchangers from years past. Altogether it was a nice dinner and last day. Today they left and went back home.