is this what a chino looks like?

today my photography class had a field trip to Calle Fuencarral, which is half a residential street, half commercial. We had to take a photo story...so a series of pictures that have a similar theme. I had no idea where to start so my friend Carla and I walked down the street and just took pictures of anything that caught our eye. Eventually I had four different themes going: graffiti, people window shopping, shoes, and this woman with a little dog who we met. so now I have a million pictures and don't know which direction to go with. It was really interesting because you had to be really gutsy going up to people and taking their pictures. I wish I could really fluently and confidently speak spanish (I mean, I can) and ask if I could take their picture. I was just too scared. It was a lot harder than I thought it would be. My goal is by the end of the semester to ask a stranger to take their picture. We'll see what my final product looks like.

Sol told us that there are a couple of Chinos (little cheap stores owned by Chinese people) near us, and I really wanted to buy a fur vest (obviously fake) because that's what everyone wears here! Don't worry dad, I want a cheap one. So Carissa and I walked down this long street, but we've never been to a Chino before so every cheap-looking store we walked by, we said, "Is this what a Chino looks like? Is this it???" But eventually we got to one...no fur vests :( but i ended up walking out with a trench coat. oops.

Also, we had a surprise visitor at home tonight. One of Sol's girls who stayed with her last summer came and visited. She had dinner with us (but Sol wasn't even there) and hung out for a little. Her name is Danielle and she's visiting her friends in Madrid for her spring break. She's a senior at UCF. So yup...finished my homework, so off to editing these pictures and watching A Bug's Life!