Settling in

So i ended up taking little naps yesterday and woke up to each roommate moving in. I love all of my roommates except one we haven't really gotten to know yet because she has a boyfriend here and she has been hanging out with him the whole time. After we all got here Lucas, the man who helped us move in, brought us to the closest metro and showed us how to get home. Once we got home and everyone got a little more settled we went to go explore and find a place to eat. We ended up asking a lady for a recommendation and just walked around until we found something that sounded like something we would want. We went to a small bar/restaurant. It seems that almost every restaurant is also a bar. Also each restaurant has a special menu each day that has an appetizer, a meal and a dessert for about 8 euro which is awesome. At the restaurant we went to the man spoke a little english and they only had one english menu but we were able to get by. Its really hard adapting to speaking simple words. I still catch myself asking for "water" instead of "agua" but i've gotten saying "gracias" down. After we ate we went to a small supermarket near our apartment. We got small things like some water, soap for the bathrooms, and of course 2 bottles of wine for 1.70 euro. We came home with the intentions of going to sleep but once our other roommate started getting ready to go out we were all tempted to also. We all got ready and drank our wine around 10. Jackie (my roommate) and I went to the ATM to get euros and Jackie and I raced- she used the spiral staircase and i used the mini elevator. It was my first time in the elevator alone so i ended up going to the wrong floor which i think was a parking garage. Of course we were crossing the street and I realized I left my debit card at home. We went back and left to go on our walking adventure to Sutton (pronounced suit-on) We had to ask for directions about 7 times and we discovered that there are no street signs and the street names are written really small on the sides of the buildings in concrete. We ended up getting a little lost so stopped in on another bar and got a beer and a shot and some olives. There were also two baby onions that we made Jackie eat. We got the rest of the directions to Sutton and finally made it. The promoters name was Michael Jordan and Liz kept thinking it was Michael Jackson. We got to the door and we said to the door name "We're with Micheal Jordan" and the door man said "Oh are you" We asked the bartender for a Long Island iced tea and she straight up just said NO so we said strong drink and she literally poured us each half a glass of vodka, finishing the bottle, and then some drink that tasted like lemonade. The club was packed but it was all American students. We just danced a lot and Jackie and I lost Corey and Liz. We stayed till 4:30 and took a cab home. We ended up getting home right after Corey and Liz. I got the lovely shirt above at the bar. We went to sleep and woke up at 8 which was rough. We took the metro and went on a tour. We thought it was a walking tour but thank god it was on a bus. There would have been no way we would have been able to survive if it was a walking tour. Our tour guide was awesome and is from the U.S. and studied abroad 12 years ago and fell in love with the city and never left. He kept saying that we were the slacker group because it was obvious that we were all very tired/hungover. There was a group of girls who were clearly on drugs and they were being so obnoxious screaming things out and one girl fell on the bus. They asked our tour guide if they could be let off at a random place so who knows if they're still alive. We went to a lot of places on the tour that I want to go back and see. I forgot my camera so I missed out on some prime pictures, but we have plenty of time to go back. After the bus tour we went to eat and then had an orientation. Liz and I were in the same orientation group and we were so giggly and delirious that I thought we were going to get kicked out of the session. After orientation all we wanted to do was sleep, but since the department store was close we stopped there to get sheets and a blow dryer and stuff. I was near death at that point but we somehow survived and went to burger king. French fries were patatas but chicken tenders were still chicken tenders. I asked for a soda assuming she would know the word but the lady looked at me like i had four heads so i had to think quick and said bebidas which she understood. Its difficult because they mainly speak catalan here instead of spanish and they are very against being considered spanish so its difficult to communicate because we don't want to be offensive by speaking spanish but its all we know and I dont even know a lot. My roommates know a lot more spanish than I do so im lucky they do most of the talking. You have to go out of your way to make conversation with people which I plan on doing more of when I brush up on my spanish a little. We took the metro back and got a little lost on the way back. I took a shower when we got back which was surprisingly not bad at all. The water pressure wasn't horrible and it stayed hot the whole time. Our shower is a nice size also. I went to sleep right after my shower and we ended up sleeping till 12:30. We all were a little hungry so we walked around to see if anything was still open. We found a little place and the man there was probably the friendliest man we have met so far. He went out of his way to show us what each tapas(which is like an appetizer) was and explained what they were. We had croquettes and calamari( no not the full squid...even though that was an option). The coke here is a lot more sugary but its good. He spoke to us in all english and was even joking around with us a little which we haven't had yet because the humor here is a little different and with the language barrier its hard to joke around with people. We told him we would definitely be back and he said he'd be waiting for us so i'm sure we will be going there often. Once we got home everyone got into their pjs and now were just relaxing. Its 4:48 am here now...but since we don't have anything required tomorrow until 4 were all going to just sleep in and relax and try to get ourselves back to normal. So i guess i should go to bed now!
Adios!