Snow in Madrid?!

Apparently it hardly ever snows in Madrid. The snow usually falls north of here or in the outskirts of town. Needless to say I was quite surprised when I woke up Sunday morning to snowflakes the size of golf balls. They were huge and wet! They weren't sticking to the ground of course because it wasn't cold enough for the ground to be frozen and it had been raining all night. The city of Madrid shut down for the day. My senora said of course we would not be going anywhere since it was so horible outside. So instead she made a huge lunch of paella and invited Matthew over for lunch. Matthew lived here with my senora last year and is from the US. We ate and talked all afternoon and then settled in for our siestas. That is my kind of snow day! Today I started my orientation at the University. We took the written part of our placement test and then had a welcome reception. I ate so many delicious Spanish foods! Then each professor came to tell us about their class. Unfortunitly this was right after we ate and was 3 hours long so it was hard to pay attention. There are lots of classes I am interested in taking but I will have to wait until I take my oral exam and find out what language class I am placed in before I make my final schedule. Tonight I watched CSI in Spanish and actually understood most of it! Maybe I'm improving after all (or maybe the plot is almost the same in every single episode of that show). Well that is all for now. More updates to come.