dollars are not accepted anywhere in Spain, and before coming to Madrid, I had to get some dollars exchanged into euros, but my U.S. debit cards are accepted here, and Apple Pay is accepted as well.
A huge water bottle in Madrid costs around 0.67 euro, which is equivalent to around 72 cents in the U.S.
I took a Spanish cooking class this week along with other international students from my university. There were students from Belgium, Germany, Korea, and many other places around the world. The class was taught in Spanish, but there was an English translator as well. We all made traditional Spanish dishes like paella, toritiall de patatas con cebolla caramelizada and tarta de Santiago. This was my favorite meal of the week! It was fun to learn how to make the paella with fresh ingredients, and I also learned that this famous dish is named after the pan in which it is cooked, which is called paella.
I'm mainly always outside exploring, so any music I listen to is the music played in resturants while I'm outside. A lot of the music played throughout Madrid includes cumbias, reggaetton and pop music.
I went to a hot air ballon festival this week in Aranjuez, which was so much fun! The hot air ballons were so huge and lit up for a music show. I've never seen hot air ballons that up close, and I was so amazed by how huge they were.
