1st wekeend, 2nd week

I forgot to mention that on Friday morning we met up at the Puerta de Almodivar, which is one of four standing gateways into the old part of the city, and we walked through the Juderia, which is the old Jewish section of town. If my camera wasn't broken I'd post some pictures. I bought a new one off eBay yesterday so it should come relatively soon. We walked through the city and saw some of the major landmarks. I live really close to El Centro, which, as you could probably guess, means I'm in a busy part of town. RIGHT DOWN THE STREET IS THIS GIANT AREA OF ANCIENT BUILDINGS! It's crazy. And you already read about Friday night.

Saturday I woke up at 1pm and barely touched my almuerzo, which was a combination of cooked potato (I think cooked), tomato and onion... which, if you know me, you can assume that didn't go over well. Sticking two of my least favorite vegetables in with one I DO like doesn't make it better. Even if the onions had been cooked I could have stomached it better. Marie Carmen was displeased, but they served me a taquito that tasted like a fish stick but was made of ham and beef and i dunked it in ketchup and ate two of those. Anyway, I caved and called Ilana to join her window shopping if she promised I could eat Burger King fries. And I did. 3 Euro for a large fry, and that is a rip off. only two packets of ketchup. I love ketchup. Met up with Mason and chris as well and walked around in the Correderra, which I'm pretty sure used to be a bull fighting ring, from what I can understand. Another place that was on our walking tour, and beautiful. Came back home around 2100 and got in bed as it was rather chilly.

Sunday I had planned on going to mass with a group of people at the Mezquita, but when I woke up, it was 37 degrees out. There was no way on earth I was getting out of bed. So I fell asleep again and woke up for almuerzo which this time was a delicious cream over chicken thing. Fabulous. I'd eat it every day if I could. But she also made me "probar" (to try) red bell peppers, which weren't horrible the way she prepared them. I actually enjoyed them, but it's not going to become a regular thing. Watched two american movies dubbed over in spanish with my family as we huddled around the table with the heater under it. I fell asleep sitting in the chair a few times. Ate thistle and hot dogs again last night (no idea what it is with mini hot dogs here). Had terrible cravings for chocolate and coconut but alas, I could not get them at 1am.

This morning it was a battle of who could hit the snooze button more before actually getting up, Me or Sergio. I lost and got up to hurry and was almost late for school, except the teacher was later than us, so it was fine. Classes were fine, I'm pretty sure the guy who works in the cafeteria is my new best friend. Decided that since the weather was okay and not raining, that i would walk home with Christina today along with Stephanie and Pauline. FORTY FIVE MINUTES. and you wonder why I take the bus in the mornings. Since I was craving chocolate last night, we popped into the supermercado and got some chocolate and a package of cookies I was recommended. Good decisions. And some pringles. Because I like to munch.

As I've mentioned, it's been nothing but rain all week. Friday was the sun, saturday wasn't TOO bad, and sunday was as freezing as antarctica. Today, it was nice. Granted, I was prepared for a repeat of sunday, so I didn't even bother changing out of my pajama top/sweatshirt, so I just threw on a zip up and my peacoat. BOY DID I REGRET THAT. It was almost 60 and I could have been walking around in a tshirt and jeans... and instead I had on 3 jackets and a pajama shirt. Peeled off two of the layers and barely survived. But the nice part about walking is that since I'm so close to the center of town, I haven't journeyed outside of it yet, and today gave me a chance to really see a tiny bit of the city. THIS PLACE IS GORGEOUS. and the walk home I only stayed on two streets. TWO STREETS AND MY HEART IS ALREADY A TWITTER WITH FASCINATION! from the juderia to the modern buildings, oh and parks and fountains and oh my goodness its too much.

It's wonderful here. I can't wait for the sun to come out and my camera to come. I plan on taking the bus in the morning and walking in the afternoon. Came home and slept for only 2 hours today (improvement), talked to my mom on the phone, and ate that delicious chicken dish again. Thank goodness, but we didn't eat until 2315! Now I'm gonna jump in the shower and pray it isn't cold like yesterday. not. a. fan.

*edit* shower was AGAIN cold but not as FREEZING. only moderately so. thank goodness for my hair dryer as it could probably melt Titanic's iceberg in about 4 seconds. I love heat.

tomorrow is an informational session about morocco (i think) and cadiz for carnival (for sure) i am SO excited it isn't even funny.

Oh, and there was a terrorist bomb attack in Madrid today. They assume its the northern Basque group ETA. here's a link if you want to see it.

http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2009/2/9/worldupdates/2009-02-09T161242Z_01_NOOTR_RTRMDNC_0_-379170-2&sec=Worldupdates