La Clima

I have unfortunately come down with my first Spanish cold, so I figured I would talk a little about the weather here in Alcalá. When looking at a map I could basically draw a line across the Atlantic between Boston and Spain, so I figured the temperature would be about the same. Boy have I been wrong!
The summer as I previously mentioned was HOT! At 9:00 at night my computer was still telling me it was 90 degrees outside (with no ac!). It also barely ever rains here, in over a month I have experienced only two days of rain! I now understand why when we were flying into Madrid everything looks tan and brown. I truly love that it doesn't rain though since I basically walk everywhere and would hate to have to worry about getting caught in a sudden rain storm.
The temperature now is interesting, to say the least. When I wake up and go to sleep it is around 45 degrees and midday it is about 70 degrees. You can imagine how difficult picking out an outfit is every morning with the 35 degree temperature change. I think between the temperature change and my "hostel" in Germany are the reasons for my newly found cold.
I have heard the winter gets very cold, but it also never snows here, which I definitely am not use to. Usually when it is extremely cold in Boston or Baltimore there is either snow falling from the sky or piled up next to the sidewalks. I think I am going to like the break from the snow though, especially knowing I will be returning to lots of it in December!

We resumed classes yesterday and I have now added a writing and history/culture class to my grammar and conversation classes. We are in class from 9-3 each day, not including the extra hour on Tuesdays and two hours on Thursdays for Maria Jose's class! All of these classes are in complete Spanish so as much as I complain about the long hours I know its best for what I came here to do. Each day I find myself learning new words and conjugating more and more verbs correctly. Now it only takes me 10 minutes instead of 20 to tell what would be a 2 minute story in English! My professors seem a little scarier this time around, but it only is day two so I am sure I will have more to report later on!

Muchos Besos!