I haven't had school for almost a week now. I still don't know why there is the strike but I do know I am fully enjoy free time. Not like I didn't have loads of it before. The chairs and tables and desks are still up against the gates of the school at both entrances but there is one door open on each end where you can get in. Why do people want to get into the school if there's no classes and no one is working? Very simple, party! Last week on the first day of the toma I was on campus most of the night with my friends. At one point I had to just take a step back and be quiet for a moment. I was thinking about how this would NEVER happen in the US and about how much I loved it. The culture here is so much more laid back and not always in a hurry. I have at least walked by the campus every evening/night since the toma has started and the merrymaking has not ceased. I thought Kuboushek's/Adams' knew how to party but oh cont rare. I had a hunch in Spain but now I am beginning to feel like it's entirely true that just about every other country besides America knows how to let loose and actually take 'er easy for an extended period of time. Don't believe me? According to careerjoy.com the average American has 10 vacation days in a year where as citizens of the European Union have an average of four weeks (more in some countries)per year and Japan has an average of five weeks of vacation time a year. Why can't everyone just chillax for like a month, I think it'd do everyone some good.