First, I sat down to write this post and was so excited to be comfy and listen to Pandora. I went to pandora.com like normal, and a window popped up that said Pandora doesn't work outside of the US!! Sooooo sad. (To anyone who doesn't know, pandora is a website that plays music.) I guess I'll have to settle for some itunes. Well, I went to the grocery store today because I was craving chocolate. I also bought some yogurt for breakfast/dinner and for when Rosario decides not to cook. I discovered that madrileños love ham so much, they have Pringles de jamón! Their shopping carts are also funny. Above is an ejemplo.
Some updates from yesterday: had my four hour class, and in our break in the middle I had an excellent chocolate croissant. The lady even warmed it up in the microonda. After class, there was a meeting for students who wish to take class at la complutense, the large Spanish university here. It's optional, and most of IES is taking advantage of this as only 1/4 of students even came to the meeting. The staff really scared us...they said half of students fail, and we shouldn't take more than one class. They give grades in words here instead of letters or percentages. Matrícula de Honor: A+, Sobresaliente: A, Notable: B, Aprobado: C, Suspenso: F. Oy. Classes for IES start on Monday, and those for Complutense don't start until Oct 1, so I have to decide what I want to take at Complutense soon because it should fit into my IES schedule. I'm looking into a Spanish lit class, but also found a Hebrew class on the Complutense website. That would be fun, and I could also meet some Jews! I definitely want to try a class there, but it will be scary and I don't even know if Michigan will accept credit from there.
After class, I came home to such a surprise. Rosario made schnitzel for lunch!! Who knew, people besides for Bela (my Israeli cousin who makes the best schnitzel) know about this yum food! I taught Rosario to say schnitzel instead of pollo asado, or whatever she called it. After the excellent lunch I went on a tour in the Reína Sofía museum, which happens to be pretty close to my apartment. It is a modern art museum with a lot of Picasso and Dalí artwork. After studying García Lorca last semester and his obsession with Dalí, it was very cool to finally see Dalí's work. Maybe I'll take Papa Bill there. After that, I walked to parque de retiro for some fresh air. It was a beautiful day--finally not too hot, and the park was happenin. I explored a part that I haven't yet, and guess what I found? A huge lake where people were rowboating and canoeing!! I sat there and read for awhile, and then ran into a few friends who went on a run. After, I met Deena Cowans and we went on a nice walk and to dinner where I had excellent lasaña. Some friends from IES are going to Barcelona this weekend, but I can't go because it's Rosh Hashanah. I hope the shul I go to is cool and doesn't have a mehitza. Here's a picture I took in Segovia:
Some updates from yesterday: had my four hour class, and in our break in the middle I had an excellent chocolate croissant. The lady even warmed it up in the microonda. After class, there was a meeting for students who wish to take class at la complutense, the large Spanish university here. It's optional, and most of IES is taking advantage of this as only 1/4 of students even came to the meeting. The staff really scared us...they said half of students fail, and we shouldn't take more than one class. They give grades in words here instead of letters or percentages. Matrícula de Honor: A+, Sobresaliente: A, Notable: B, Aprobado: C, Suspenso: F. Oy. Classes for IES start on Monday, and those for Complutense don't start until Oct 1, so I have to decide what I want to take at Complutense soon because it should fit into my IES schedule. I'm looking into a Spanish lit class, but also found a Hebrew class on the Complutense website. That would be fun, and I could also meet some Jews! I definitely want to try a class there, but it will be scary and I don't even know if Michigan will accept credit from there.
After class, I came home to such a surprise. Rosario made schnitzel for lunch!! Who knew, people besides for Bela (my Israeli cousin who makes the best schnitzel) know about this yum food! I taught Rosario to say schnitzel instead of pollo asado, or whatever she called it. After the excellent lunch I went on a tour in the Reína Sofía museum, which happens to be pretty close to my apartment. It is a modern art museum with a lot of Picasso and Dalí artwork. After studying García Lorca last semester and his obsession with Dalí, it was very cool to finally see Dalí's work. Maybe I'll take Papa Bill there. After that, I walked to parque de retiro for some fresh air. It was a beautiful day--finally not too hot, and the park was happenin. I explored a part that I haven't yet, and guess what I found? A huge lake where people were rowboating and canoeing!! I sat there and read for awhile, and then ran into a few friends who went on a run. After, I met Deena Cowans and we went on a nice walk and to dinner where I had excellent lasaña. Some friends from IES are going to Barcelona this weekend, but I can't go because it's Rosh Hashanah. I hope the shul I go to is cool and doesn't have a mehitza. Here's a picture I took in Segovia:
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