Not much to say in this entry. Sunday is LITERALLY the day of rest here. Most people (especially the young ones) sleep super late to make up for all the sleep lost going out on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. My host mother was telling me that when her son was my age, he would often sleep until 6PM on Sunday. I wasn't so bad; I managed to get up around 1PM. I had arroz con polla for lunch; it was nice to get to eat la comida with Mery since I usually am not home for it during the week. Afterwards I just kind of chilled, started studying for my midterms that are coming up on Thursday. I'm not too worried about them since we haven't covered hardly any material in any of my classes.
For dinner, a little group of us decided to meet up at a Tapas Restaurant in La Plaza de la Reina instead of dining in. Tapas are basically just family style dishes that you order--hot or cold-- and you mix and match them, sharing them with your friends. Our dinner that night consisted of Bravas (fried, seasoned potatoes with garlic-mayonnaise sauce... typical of the region and very good), Deep fried calamari, Paella Valenciana, and a pitcher of Sangria. We went and got helado afterwards and then walked home. It was really a lot of fun; it was my first time actually dining out with people, because I usually eat with my host mother. It's pretty inexpensive if you choose the right places, so I hope to do it a couple more times before I leave.
Today I had classes in the morning. I got a good 8 hours of sleep, but surprisingly I felt tired all day long. I think my body has adjusted to 5 hours max a night, and sleeping too much just messes with my internal clock. Art was okay... we finished up Post-Impressionism and moved on to las vanguardias. Everything we talk about in that class relates to sex in some way; lately the professor has been on a prostitute kick. Interesting fact about modern Spanish art here: whenever a woman is the subject of a painting, a cat painted in the picture signals that said woman is a prostitute. Cinema was fun... we just chatted in a large group, and went over some colloquialism. We are watching another movie tomorrow... score.
After class I came home and did some homework. Went out around 5 back to the Plaza de la Reina to meet up with some poeple and do some souvenir shopping. So we walked along the streets around the area. I got some stuff to bring back home, and picked up a button down shirt for myself for 10 euro (clothes are so cheap here if you go to the right places). I also bought some sun glasses since it turns out the pair that I bought have been turning the bridge of my nose blue because the metal oxidizes on my skin when I wear them. That's been a running joke for the past 4 days, so I finally had to buy a new pair.
Dined with Mery... she made Pollo con salsa de apio again, which is easily my favorite dish she makes. We chatted about natural disasters and a news story she had heard earlier where a family's dog ate their newborn child... I love our dinner conversations, clearly. I asked Mery if we could take a photo together so I could show ya'll who has been taking care of me for the past week and a half, and she agreed but wants to wait until she's a little more done up. Haha. So maybe tomorrow I'll manage to get one.
I'm attempting to do all my homework tonight for the week so I can take it easy. We'll see how that goes. Pic is random.
Hasta.
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