Tuesday was like Spain’s Columbus Day. I got up and went for a 5 mile run. It was suppose to be just a 4 mile, but sometimes, things happen :) I went to my school to use the wifi, so I awkwardly sat out on the small ledge along the road since the gate was locked. Kinda like my days in Sevilla. One of my 5 year olds biked by and tried to talk to me. I’m still holding strong on this not speaking any Spanish. Then he went to get his sister so she joined us too. It was kinda funny. I like that my students apparently just want to spend time near me. For dinner, Eddie attempted to make a Spanish tortilla. Not too bad for a first attempt. We also made rice and we chopped up 2 of my small “illegal” peppers from C&C’s and they spiced it up really good. They must be some pretty wicked peppers straight. I love it. And during dinner was the Spain vs. Scotland Euro Qualifier game which was a pretty sweet game. Spain won 3-2.
On Wednesday Eddie and I had to go to Toledo for stuff to get our visa extended. The program emailed us on Friday, but because we don’t have internet (and were traveling) we didn’t get the email until Tuesday, but it said we had to come to Toledo either Monday or Wednesday. So that left us with Wednesday. We went to our schools in the am to make copies of everything we needed. Arturo in the office helped me fill out another paper I needed and showed me how to get to the building I needed by literally walking me through it on GoogleMaps (I love just how helpful these people are). So we caught a bus and off we went. We ended up meeting Casey, who’s a part of our program in the next town over, on the bus and then at the bus station in Toledo we met Jake who’s also in the program whom I had met on my flight to Madrid and then again at orientation. So the 4 of us ventured off together and found it no problem. We handed in our stuff and then moved on to better things. Aka: lunch. I indulged in a bacon and tomato sandwich. I can’t get over how amazing the bacon here is. It’s super super thick and bendy. And then it’s on the best kind of bread ever. Oof. Sooooo goooood. After lunch, Eddie, Jake and I walked around the park and explored a bit looking for where we’ll have to go next time. We never found it but the 4 of us decided that we’ll try to coordinate our schedules to go together next time since it worked out so well.
but the best news about today... WE finally got internet in our apartment. So if you want to Skype, it'll be much easier to schedule a time. And now I'm never going to get anything important done...
I'm sorry for being a creeper that is commenting on all of your blog posts...
ReplyDeletebut I used to do the EXACT same thing sitting outside the school on that little ledge. I lived in my own piso for about 4 months on Calle Princesa and can't count the number of times I sat awkwardly on the ledge outside the school.
so, we both steal internet, run, like fútbol more than football...I think we are the same.
haha. I love it. however, I know one thing that makes us different... I eat meat. when I first met everyone and the topic of food came up, the first thing they always asked me was "do you eat meat?" haha.
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