We were out until midnight last night. I had some tinto de verano (red wine). Some people mix it with other drinks, like in this case it was mixed with lemonade, so it was quite citrusy and yummy! Usually tapas or something are included when you buy a drink…we were served olives, French fry/chips that tasted like bugles, cheese balls, sugar coated gummy shapes (do those have a name?) and Dorito like chips (with the exception of the olives, I thought the “tapas” choices were a bit odd for Spain). Not that I’m complaining though, since I didn’t actually have dinner last night, I was hungry!

I had to be a school at nine(ish) today, so I was up by 7:15 (the shower was much better today, in case you’re wondering). I actually left a few minutes after nine, so I was at school by 9:15. I thought we were going to get right to it today, so I could leave by 11 to go run errands with Gunita and Will. True to Spanish form though, Aurora was in no hurry. When I got to the office, she wasn’t there, but came in a few minutes later. She started chatting it up with the other ladies in the office, we went and got a café (from a machine in the teacher’s lounge) and she chatted some more! She started to make my schedule, but there was a change of plans and we took a tour of the school instead and she introduced me to yet more people whose names I’ve already forgotten. When we got done with that about 45 minutes later, she started working on my schedule again. Two of the English teachers were free, so they became in charge of it. It took forever (about an hour) to iron everything out because they had to cross check class times between all the English teachers (I believe there are five…don’t quote me on that, though). I’ll be working from 9-2 Monday-Thursday with Fridays off. I think I’m going to see if I can sit in a Spanish class sometime; I’m interested to see how they teach their native language!

Even with all the earlier chatting, I was able to get out of there by 11:15. When I got back home, we left to go run a few errands: bank (for money to pay the rent), pay the rent and to Movistar to see about faster internet. Our landlord lives right by the bank. He’s such a cute old grandpa! (He’s 85; about five feet tall…his wife’s even shorter…, with a thin moustache). We each paid our 120€ and he took us up stairs to see some of his paintings and drawings. This guy is so talented! There were so many, the roomed was filled from top to bottom and that wasn’t even all of them! There were portraits of himself, his family, Mother Teresa, the Spanish royal family, Einstein, Bin Laden and Hitler just to name a few!

After, at Movistar, we inquired about getting wifi, because the internet Gunita has now is rather slow, which, as you can imagine, is not ideal for Skype. It turns out that for wifi it only costs 40€, split between the three of us…not bad considering Gunita pays 18 now. We still have to talk to the landlord, because it would require installing a phone line, but hopefully we’ll be able to get it soon (cross your fingers!)

Whelp, it’s almost two and I’m feeling like it's siesta time. Peace out!

Xoxo,

Court