not a white christmas per say...

but i did wake up to snow. absolutely gorgeous, and a hell of a lot of it. it's been years since i've seen falling snow and it is making me giddy, i feel like a 5 year old right now. :)

last night i went out with danielle and some of her friends, stayed out later with a guy named joe from her program. it was fun, we went to el puerto del sol and bar hopped. drank too much, met some soccer players/mountain climbers who wanted to talk about fascism and obama... my thoughts exactly but hey when in rome... 

anyway, my host aunt is taking me shopping today, she's worried i'll freeze in the snow which is probably definitely true. even though yesterday was hard, and i know tomorrow will be hard (trying to navigate the metro alone for the first time), right now i am very happy to be here, and just trying to enjoy the moment, watching the snow fall right outside my window.