With a week of classes completed, all of the uChicago students jumped on the Fundación-sponsored tour bus to Madrid early Friday morning. Our first stop was Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, home to an enormous collection of works by Picasso, Dali, Miró, Gris, et cetera. An art history professor in some way related [...]
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Talking the Talk
Today is the third day of classes, and I’ve now had each class at least once. This’ll be a short update, because there really isn’t much to say about them–it’s school, after all.
On Mondays and Wednesdays, we have a grammar/writing class and a literature class. The grammar class is fantastic–for the first time, I feel [...]
Family Matters
Outside my room, the cathedral is just striking 12. I’m writing this on my laptop from home (no wee-fee here, as they call it), and I’ll post it when I get to the Fund tomorrow. So, down to business.
First, my family. They picked me up at around seven yesterday evening in their late-model Volkswagen Golf. [...]
Welcome to the Present
Thursday night into Friday, I slept like a log, but was forced awake around 10 for a mandatory orientation meeting. Argh. Too groggy and uninterested in formalities to listen to 30 minutes of lecturing in Spanish, but I suppose it was necessary. We got some important things, including insurance cards and a fully loaded bus [...]