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Sorry it's been a few days but we've been really busy and when were not doing things as a group I'd rather be sleeping or talking with my madre than spending too much time on the internet, but I need to catch you up!
Okay so first, I would write in Spanish, and maybe a little later I will, but for now it's still pretty overwhelming having to speak and listen and understand everything.
My madre (host mom) is so nice and like I said before, she is so patient with me its wonderful. She has been hosting for 10 years so that 10 students before me so I'm sure she learned the best ways to communicate through practice. She literally does everything for me, and I know you're probably thinking "Maggie would love that!" but I sorta feel bad. I offer to help with things but she always says esta bien, esta bien. Its just her and me because all of her daughters (3) have moved out and two are married and one is living with her boyfriend, I'm pretty sure they're all in their late twenties-early thirties. One of her daughters and her husband came over for lunch (the big meal) on Sunday. She is very pregnant, only two more weeks until the baby is due! She said "vas a concocer Samuel" which means that I'm going to get to know him! 
I really like all of the people in our group, a  lot of whom I'd never tlked to once before we got here. At first I was spending a lot of time with the 3 peope I was sort of friends with before we got here, but I don't want to spend al mytie with only them, which I think they would be okay with. Plus the girl, Katie, is pretty annoying and whiney, not agood travel companion. So last night, Pooja and I asked everyone if they would wnt to go out for a drink and some tapas and we were pleasantly surprised when everyone said yes (except Katie and Pat and Fernando, my friends from before) so we went to a cafe and pushed a bunch of tables together outside and got a few bottles of wine and sat around talking and getting to know each other better. It was really fun, but I felt a little bad for the waiter because there are I think 20 of us.
We start our regular classes with the rest of the university students next wednesday so we have been getting to know the city and we have a lot of organized group activities, but this morning we had our spanish placement test :/ to see which level we would be placed in. I'm really not sure how I did, because it was pretty har, but everyone had about the same reaction, so I guess we'll see!
I love love love the city, it is so beautiful and it has been really warm and sunny so I have been walking everywhere, I have pretty bad blisters on my heels. Tomorrow morning were going to an open air market which im pretty excited for, and I'm going to try to go running before because I haven't had a good time to yet.
I'll give you more details later but for now here is a list of things that surprised me:
1. Everyone dresses really well. I knew this already but the Spanish women have a way of putting together the most impossible seeming outfits that would look ridiculous on anyone else but they make it look so much better than you would have thought! They are so much cooler haha
2. We eat all the time. All the time. This is me saying that so you have to appreciate how true it must be for me to say it. ALL THE TIME. If I don't go running soon you guys won't even recognize me because I'll have gained 100 lbs.
3. Speaking Spanish is really hard and frustrating. I know it will get better but for now, its hard.
4. Im suprised at how much I love the siesta, and how badly I need it. We eat at like 230 and by 330 I am usually asleep in my bed.
5. Everyone stays up so late! On Saturday, we left the discoteca at 4:30 and there were still people there, most people stay until 6 in the morning, sometimes later!

That's all for now!