Descurbiendo la casa

I arrived at my host family today. They seem very nice, and very experienced in this whole shin-dig, she said I am probably about her 30th student. WAY TO MAKE ME A STATISTIC... I HAVE FEELINGS TOO... except I am kidding. It means she is giving me a great amount of freedom and letting me make my own mistakes. Like showing up to the WRONG university. Why did they put so many of them in Spain? AND why do they all look alike? Either way, after hopelessly wandering for about a half hour, I decided to problem solve and look for a phone number to call. NEW PROBLEM: the only phone number I had is the office phone, which is (1) in the US and (2) only functioning Monday-Friday. It's Saturday. My life at that point was just a bad sitcom. Either way, I decided to go to their Spanish office (which is like 15 minutes away! Which, at this point I am already late to the orientation. #classic)- which happened to be the right place.
While we were at the pool today, I decided to swim laps. I am going to swim from now on. Now that that is stated. One of the boys I met and was chatting with (don't jump the gun- he's 17) told me I speak Spanish like a Mexican! I did not have a response. What do you say to that? I told him about my Puerto Rican diving coach, but that still doesn't hit the Mexican on the dot.
I tried my first glass of sangria today! I also tried my first glass of Tinto de Verano tambien! I also learned, do not leave your change on the counter. It will get taken by someone other than the barista. That sangria just doubled in price. Lesson Learned. Tinto de Verano is really good too though- it is wine mixed with Fanta. They drink a lot of Fanta here. I was told by my host mom, I am allowed to drink anywhere but the apartment. I said alright, and that many times I will be sleeping in the dorms if I go out. She said that is completely fine.
This morning I went for a meander and found this AWESOME contemporary structure. I;m not even sure what it is called, but it was just like a plaza, or park that you hang out in. I posted pictures of it too.