The Little Things that still mess me up

So in Spain, obviously a few things here and there are different.. but the thing is, these different things are still confusing me. So I shall list them:

First of all the Metric System.
So when any one asks me how tall I am, I really don't know how to respond, I guess I can say "I think I'm about 175cm" because if I told them I was 5'9" no one could percieve it. I feel the same about kilometers. I'll ask someone "How far is the park", or "How far do we have to walk", and they respond by saying "about 4 kilometers", and I have to like think for a second to do the math. I really don't know how big a kilometer is, I can't like put an image of it in my head.
I will also include degrees celsius in the metric system... I still don't get it; I just get that 0 is freezing (32 degrees Fahrenheit) and 100 is boiling (212 degrees Fahrenheit).

Elevators
What keeps getting me every time is that the floor on ground level is floor zero, not floor 1. In the USA floor zero is like a parking garage, and floor 1 is ground level. Its a small thing that keeps gets me.

No street names
There are hardly any street signs, when I say this I am referring to the names of the street. You kind of just have to know what street you are on.

Military/World time
They use military time on all of the clocks... Yet no one ever says "Its 22 O'clock" they still say its "10 O'clock". But I still have to stop and think for a second to understand what time it is.

Street Lights
They exist, but no one stops at a red light... well they do, only if there is oncoming traffic.

The Date
In the USA if it was the 3rd day of February we would write it like this 2/3/11... Over here in Spain, the day comes before the month and looks like this 3/2/11.

Well these are just a few examples!

What? Seriously?

So I just joined a break dancing group... What? Never done this stuff before! I need to gain some more muscles.. I´ve lost  lot since I have been here! But I´m excited to get this started up!

Also the crazyest thing happend in class today. So I was sitting in my English class when the teacher tells the class ¨Today we are going to listen to a song in English¨ so I was thinking to my self cool what song....
when she played the song  heard a familiar drum beat... too familiar and than... I realized it was the song I had wrote with my band...! Wow we were listening to my song ¨Oh Mari¨ in my english class!!! Then the class made me sing it... I know there is some pictures and photos... but as of now i still dont have access to them...
but that was the coolest weirdest thing ever!

Granada my first European Football game!

Sweet! today was the first soccer game that I have seen live since I have been here. Let me tell you, Europeans really love their football. It was such a beautiful sight seeing thousands of people with their Granada FC banners, singing, and cheering for their team... Even more awesome, when the fans of the opposing team showed up, all of the Granada fans were screaming "nice words" at them. And than it got even crazier. The police had to intervene because some Granada fans looked as if they wanted to kill some of the Real Racing Club fans. Eventually it ended okay, but wow a face says a thousand words, especially when it looks like it wants to kill someone.
The first thing I noticed that was different was that there was no national anthem... no one sung the national anthem of Spain. This was strange for a moment because I'm always used to hearing the national anthem before every game. So I asked my host mom about it and she told me they only play the national anthem for international games... If Spain played lets say England in a soccer match then you would hear the national anthem, but for domestic games no...
Nevertheless the game was good. It actually was very exiting... I still don't get how Granada couldn't score... they had like 10 super close misses... a classic case of professionals who can't do their job! The game ended in a 0-0 draw because sadly Granada FC isn't one of the better teams in Spain if you know what I mean.. actually they are second to last... For me, as long as they are not last, its okay with me!

The Stadium

My host mom Ana and Yered

Two Months

 So I've survived another month away from home! It has been an awesome two months and I have to say I really do love it here. yes I will admit that there are a few things here and there that I do miss about home or that bother me a little bit here, but I'll get over it. I remember something my friend said when we were just talking about random stuff at school. She told me "you are only going to be here for a year, that may seem like a long time, but it really isn't too long. You shouldn't worry about cultural differences or issues you may be having in school or whatever, you are here to just enjoy the year" and so that is what I am doing. 

Also my Spanish has gotten much better! I am proud of it. if you were wondering