Hola!
Today was a rather chaotic day, but there were little jewels spread throughout!
After class, I decided I wanted to walk (I'm totally gaining weight from all this delicious Spanish food), and my friend Christina offered to walk with me. We went by way of the old part of Cáceres and got a little bit lost and ended up walking up the steepest hill ever. Upon reaching the top, we walked into a gorgeous plaza where there was a 4 piece Celtic band playing live music! It was absolutely magical.
When I got home, "todo el mundo" was in our house! It was so crazy! Both of our parents' daughters had brought one of their children over-without telling Teresa. She was a wreck when I got home and the next hour was really chaotic. Also, I started a Pan Log- I decided it's time I cut down on my bread eating.
In the afternoon, I did homework, spent time working on travel plans, and hung out with my compañeros. It looks like I'm not going to be able to make it to Italy this semester, but I might go to Budapest? That would be sweet.
This evening, my parents were being hilarious, intermittently, of course. Some funny comments:
Leondro, telling us about how all the different regions of Spain have different foods and that's what you should get when you're there: "In Valencia, get paella. In Andalucia, get fish. In Asturias, get bacalao. In Barcelona...don't ask. It's gross."
Teresa, about the cake that Leondro refused to eat and gave her: "What do you want with me? You want me to get fat? Are you fattening me up like a cow?" Leondro: "It's all the same to me."
Teresa, about the realllllly heavy mysterious item that sits near the front door: "Feel this. It's what I'll use for protection if anyone breaks in." Me: "But, what is it for?" Teresa: "My protection!"
Good times.
THEN. I got an email in response to something I had sent one of my professors. My email was extremely formal (I didn't want to offend or anything). The closing of his response email was:
Un fuerte abrazo, José Julio. In case you speak zero words of Spanish, that translates to: A strong hug, José Julio. Lol España.
Praises to God for:
-another beautiful day
-the freedom of travel
-delicious food
-the uncountable blessings of living with a family
-the beauty of Cáceres-it never gets old!
Hablamos pronto!
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