English classes and a weekend trip

Recently I have been very busy. As you know, school is tough and I am working pretty hard. Because I am working really hard I usually forget to take my camera with me. I have uploaded a few photos into a general Madrid photo album and I will constantly update that one with more photos.

I have started this program here in Madrid where I can be certified in 20 hours to teach English. I just completed a 10 hour training course and I am beginning the 10 hour internship the first week in Nov. The great part about this program is it is completely free! I didn't have to pay a dime to take the courses. Also they guarantee at least 13 Euro an hour, which is about 18 to 19 dollars an hour with the exchange rate we have right now. I hope this will bring in a little extra spending money, so that I can finance some of my day trips or even the longer ones. I also was looking for a job as a waiter or something similar but had no luck. I thought that would be better, especially for practicing Spanish, but I was unable to find anything. Most places require you to have a working Visa, which I don't have. I am not going to teach that much during the week, maybe 6 hours a week, so hopefully it won't affect my Spanish.

As far as some upcoming trips, I have planned to rent a car and drive the coast of Portugal and surf with a few of my buddies from Mexico. We are taking a night bus on the 31 of October to Cadiz in the south of Spain, and surf there for a day. From there, we are going to Jerez, a few kilometers north for some sherry tasting. And finally renting the car and driving to the west coast of Portugal. It should be beautiful and really fun. The weather is supposed to be sunny and excellent so cross your fingers. My buddy James speaks a little Portuguese so we will be able to get around just fine. I will let you know how it goes.

That is it for now. More news when I return from my trip.