I am so sore after the surfin' trip yesterday... it was insanely hard to wake up this morning because moving hurt so much. When squeezing your toothpaste bottle is hard because of how much your fingers hurt, you have a problem.
Anyway, I rolled around the house this morning stiff and sore, and I woke up at like 9:30 or something.. I wanted to read my book, so I did. One of my roomates realized all the stuff they'd bought wouldn't fit in their already overweight suitcase, so they left to purchase a second suitcase. It baffles me at how anyone could fill a full-sized suitcase. Am I weird?
Señora came home and made us lentil stew that was surprisingly could, but roomies had already eaten a tostado (a typical midmorning snack in Spain is toast with any number of things on it) while they were out, so they rudely didn't inform señora that they were full and didn't want much. She was sad when they didn't eat all their stew.
Well, they left for school, me scratching my head because my phone said 2:30, not 3:30... I realized right at 3:00 that my phone was still on Portuguese time, so it was an hour behind. I'm glad I left with them, but I stupidly took the long route because I thought I had like an hour and a half. I squeaked in right on time, fortunately.
Today, we reviewed the three different past tenses, the two different present tenses, and briefly looked into emotions, advise, and conditions. In Spanish, you don't say I'm thirsty, you say I have thirst, I have heat, I have hunger, I have tiredness, or I have illness. It's weird, but you get used to it.
Well, Spain was playing Italy in Eurocup today, so for our Spanish Culture class, we went downstairs to the lecture hall where they have a fancy and comfy theatre type thing, so we watched the football game on a big screen with all of the staff of our school. We only were able to see the second half, where Italy scored in the last five minutes and won 2-0. It was so sad! Spain played really well, but the Italian goalkeeper was as good as he was hot.
Then we decided to go to Plaza Nueva, which is past the cathedral and pretty far from the school, but we didn't want to take the same route. So, naturally, we got thoroughly lost, but we saw some really cool shops and restaurants.
We walked around some clothing and shoe stores, until we got hungry. We had long since figured out that the best places were in the alleys, marked by the infamous "Cruzcampo" signs (which is a Spanish beer that is apparently good...? It's everywhere, and where the signs are, bars are, and bars have really tasty food here) so we stopped at a place on a whim.I ordered something new and different, and totally weird for me. Saltcod and Tomato Sauce. I couldn't begin to finish it- wish I'd ordered the tapas portion, but it was so good and my tummy is happier than it's been all trip. All I want to do is curl up and sleep with a smile on my face.
We also talked politics at the table. One of my roomies is an intern in a political something or another in DC- she lives in Chevy Chase, so she can intern all over DC- and it was a riveting conversation. Also, Spain had its presidential election yesterday. Unfortunately, the corrupt guy got elected for the third term in a row. Which was really sad, since they had some really good candidates. One of the most popular was a hippie. Like, hair down refuses to wear a suit kind of hippie. We were in Portugal, so Maria couldn't vote. She was sad.
Anyway, politically, Spain is a little sad due to the England leaving the EU thing and now they have a bad president. Oh dear. Luckily, the King is really good. People don't much like the Queen, though. She's an ex-news anchor... soo....
Our tour of the bullring was cancelled for tomorrow, so I'll spend my morning working on Wednesday's oral presentation. Weee
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