hola! ?Que tal?


How is everyone, I heard something about 2 feet of snow?! That is crazy, I tried to tell mi familia here about the snow, but they have never seen snow, and I didn't know what feet is in Spanish so they probably think I am crazy because I was point to my feet and describing frozen water... muy comico!
So tomorrow I take my final exam for my first class, the two week intensivo class. It's basically an exam over everything I have ever learned in Spanish, but with much more difficult vocab words. After I am done with this post, mi madre said she would make me some coffee, and I am going to study until I can't study any more.
These past couple days have been quite fun. I met a Spaniard, Vicky, who is studying to become an English teacher, so when I can't understand what she is saying she can just switch to English, it's quite nice. We are going to start meeting a couple times a week for coffee, and she invited me to go watch a futbol game with her and her friends!
Yesterday, we climed the castle! Alicante is famous for this particular castle, even though there is a castle in nearly every Spanish city. We had a Spanish tour guide who explained the history of the castle as well as all the famous people who once lived inside. We started climbing an hour before sunset, so by the time we got to the top, the sun was setting, beautiful for pictures. I loved the canyons at the top, and all the birds who were gliding because it's just so windy!
Today I went on a run with the university running club! We ran a 9k in around 40 minutes, and I have no idea how fast that is but it sure felt near to impossible. I am going to train with them every Tuesday and Thursday. My friends Mallory and Annie and I are going to run in two half marathons, one near Alicante on February 22nd and one in Libson, Portugal on March 22nd! I am stoked because it's so easy to train here, all the gorgeousness around me when I run is plenty to distract me from the actual workout!