I knew this would get more boring...

Welp, we are fitted snugly in our routine here and we are feeling more at ease. We are both working with adorable 2nd graders and it just happens that in the Alcalá de Henares primary school system, the school days start at 9am and end at 2pm so we have a lot of free time on our hands. The schedule also forces us to eat the Spanish way. We eat breakfast before we leave for school, coffee/fruit/cookies at 12, and then an actual meal at 2:30, and then we dont get hungry again until 9 or 10pm. The schedule also forces us to get some extra-curricular activities. I am going to be teaching 4 private english classes a week at 15€ a pop and I have a painting class that meets 4 hours a week. Paul has signed up for not one, not two, but three bookclubs and he is still working for ENH 10-25 hours a week, though his workload should be lighter soon. I might have already said this but Alcalá is also filled with cultural events that we have been frequenting movies, adult (adult: over 18 not adult: xxx) storytelling, and book fairs. We are fitting in just fine but we are still struggling to make friends. The program that we are in does not have a social aspect to it but its ok friends will come with time. Speaking of friends, two friends of ours came to visit us this weekend. Chelsea, a friend of mine who I studied with in Barcelona is doing the same program as us in a small fishing town in the south 25km from Portugal named Cartaya and Paul´s step sister Katie who had just finished an awesome Eurotour. Katie only stayed for a night but with Chelsea we were able to show her the town, take her to Madrid, and go for a nature walk. It was so nice to see familiar faces.