Last night I decided that I was going to find the Templo de Debod today and I did! It's an Egyptian temple from 200 B.C. that was given to Spain and it was tiny but also very interesting. In the process of finding it I stumbled across the Plaza de España and a statue of Sor Juana Inez de la Cruz. I think that Sor Juana is one of my favorite women from history and if you've never heard of her you should google her and read some of her poetry.
After finding the temple I took a long walk back to Calle Mayor and Puerta del Sol because I needed to buy a few more clothing items because my luggage is still missing. It started to snow a little bit more (it had been snowing on and off all morning) and I thought it was so funny because everyone around me started walking under umbrellas. That's just not something you see everyday in Wisconsin. However, I stopped laughing once it warmed up a bit and started to rain. Then I just went home to eat lunch. I decided because I love bocadillos so much I should just make them at home myself. I bought bread, chorizo and Manchego cheese and my little sandwiches were amazing.
Later, the two other ISA students in this residencia asked me if I wanted to go see a movie with them and I did. We had quite the adventure looking for the theater we were supposed to go to, but it was well worth it because the theater had the coolest display of old movie projectors. Some of them looked like pieces of art.
Here's the link for more of today's pictures (I didn't post many because the weather was so unpleasant): http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2123801&l=982a7&id=71208608
A quick side note: I came to Madrid a week before my program actually started which is why I have all of this time to explore things. I will be starting school next week.
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