Hay tiburones en el mar?

Quick entry before I have to go to class this morning, but that's actually quite appropriate since Monday was actually a normal day of classes. Turns out my art class is kind of disappointing. The first unit is on Goya, and he talked about the difference between Neoclassicism and Romanticism to give us some background. I feel like I've had this lecture at least 5 times in the past year, so that was pretty boring (especially because I didn't think he gave that thorough of an explanation, but whatever). The worst part was is that everything was redundant, and we hardly talked about actual art. Kind of a let down.

Cinema class was better, of course since all we really do is watch movies it would be kind of difficult to have a bad class day. We started watching Pedro Almodovar's Volver, starring Penelope Cruz. The movie is pretty strange: ghosts, abusive fathers, murders, illegal hairdressers. Good film nonetheless. Plus, the professor actually makes it even more interesting by discussing a lot of the colloquialisms that show up in the movie (there are a ton).

After class a big group of us went to the beach for the afternoon. It was scorching, which is just what I needed seeing as though I already was burned in some random parts of my body. But I lathered on the sunscreen and sat and chatted. Pretty chill. Among other things, we talked about sharks in the Mediterranean and met a couple from Holland who had rented bicycles. There was also an incident in one of the beach bars that resulted in me and a friend getting free drinks. Good day for sure.

Came home and met one of my house mother's good friends. We talked for a quite a while; she was really nice, also from Peru. Showered real quick and then had dinner: lentil soup and chicken with a salsa bechamel. I am so lucky because my host mother cooks like none other.

Don't think I did anything too exciting after dinner. Went to bed around midnight, so I actually got some sleep for once. The picture for today is kind of random. It is the view from the back of my house's balcony where I hang my towels and swim wear to dry. Pretty old fashion, but it works great. I'm always afraid I'm gonna drop stuff while I am hanging it though... don't know that I'd get it back if I did.

Hasta.