Verso, perla, pluma, y flor... sorta

While I'm sitting here at my desk waiting for the rain to stop so I can go out... here is an update of Sunday and Monday.

Woke up at 1 on Sunday... had kind of a rough morning/week, so I needed to sleep. Mery made fish and mashed potatoes for la comida. Delicious. After lunch, I met up with Sam to go do something "cultural" in Valencia. Only problem is that the entire city shuts down on Sundays (and pretty much after 2 o'clock every other day, which makes it hard to do anything of interest during the week). So we opted to check out the botanical gardens. They are close to where I live, the weather was nice, and it is free admission for students. Perfect. It was pretty interesting, although a lot of the flora wasn't in bloom. Still, nice and relaxing. Lots of stray cats, too. We walked and saw one of the city gates, and eventually made our way back to our casas. Ate dinner with Mery. She made me arroz a la cubana, which is rice (a LOT of rice), a couple fried eggs, and a fried banana that you mix all together. It was pretty good... it was just a lot of food, and I was still kind of full from lunch. We hung out and talked for a bit, and I pretty much just went to bed afterwards.

Monday I had class again. Nothing difficult. Finished watching El Lobo in Cinema class. I liked it. It's about ETA terrorism in Spain during the last years of Franco's dictatorship. After class, me and my group had to watch another video so we could prepare our presentation for it. Our movie was Camino (2008) by Javier Fresser. It was a relatively bizarre movie, also very sad, but definitely extremely well written and directed. I would definitely recommend it to anyone, as long as you wouldn't mind reading subtitles. It's about a young girl (11) who has terminal cancer and has to deal with her family's religion (Opus Dei) and falling in love during her struggle with cancer. Yeah... not exactly light hearted, but worth it. Did homework in the evening. Mery made pasta for dinner. EXACTLY what I was craving. After dinner she asked if I'd gained weight. I had no idea, so she took me in her bathroom and showed me her scale. She weighed me in both pounds and kilos. Turns out I actually gained some weight, which is surprising since I walk everywhere. Either way, it was fun. She is the best haha.

Pictures are from the botanical garden.

Hasta.