this weekend
25 February 2007
Hello,
I had an unforgettable weekend. I think the crowning feeling is a feeling of accomplishment and of belonging. For the first time, I feel like I can navigate the city. Before, I simply new landmarks and how to get to important places via the metro. But this weekend, I spent a lot of time crossing from one neighborhood to another without using any of the main streets. Instead I used shortcuts and cut through side streets. It is easy to become disoriented in the streets here because none of them are grids. But this weekend, I went everywhere. I felt unstoppable.
On Thursday, I went to an absinthe bar and had absinthe for the first time. Quite an experience. I kept quoting Mitch Hedberg. “Pretty soon I was forcing the trip. Why is the floor as low as I can go?” (or algo así) Everyone expects “green fairies” but it’s actually pretty nasty.
Before absinthe though, I played Frisbee in el Parque de la Cuitat Vella (old city in catalan) with four really cool guys and a bunch of 9 year olds. It was a dreamlike afternoon, perfect. We went to a champagneria for lunch. It is a place that only sells sandwiches, tapas, and champagne and you eat standing up, smushed in a crowd. But worth it for the real experience and the coolness.
Miguel visited this weekend and I think he had a good weekend! Albeit, a very varied one. I showed him my university, which is a very magical place with terraces, beautiful trees, and courtyards, and we went to a club on Friday night.
On Saturday, we went to Parc Guell, Parque de la Cuitat Vella (where we rowed on the pond), and I took him to the champagneria for lunch. Because I had fallen in love with it and I just wanted to recreate my magnificent Friday afternoon. We had dinner with my lovely señora, Paula. But afterwards, Miguel had an allergic reaction to something (he thinks it was an apple) and I had to take him to the emergency room! If anyone knows Miguel, he can never visit me without something semi-catastrophic happening. When he visited me in Rhode Island, he got himself locked in the upstairs bathroom and had to climb out the window.
Once again, this Sunday I didn’t leave the house at all. I love Sundays in Spain because absolutely NOTHING is open so I never feel compelled to leave the house and be mobile. Instead, I do my homework, read, rest,. I always know I can look forward to Sunday as a day of rest when my week is going crazy.
I booked my flights to Galway for the weekend of St. Patrick’s Day! I can’t wait! I’m going with my cousin, Meredith, who is studying in Sevilla. We will be staying with one of my best friends, Erin, and my other best friend Lauren will also be there! I think the weirdest thing will be being in an English-speaking country. ☺
Hello,
I had an unforgettable weekend. I think the crowning feeling is a feeling of accomplishment and of belonging. For the first time, I feel like I can navigate the city. Before, I simply new landmarks and how to get to important places via the metro. But this weekend, I spent a lot of time crossing from one neighborhood to another without using any of the main streets. Instead I used shortcuts and cut through side streets. It is easy to become disoriented in the streets here because none of them are grids. But this weekend, I went everywhere. I felt unstoppable.
On Thursday, I went to an absinthe bar and had absinthe for the first time. Quite an experience. I kept quoting Mitch Hedberg. “Pretty soon I was forcing the trip. Why is the floor as low as I can go?” (or algo así) Everyone expects “green fairies” but it’s actually pretty nasty.
Before absinthe though, I played Frisbee in el Parque de la Cuitat Vella (old city in catalan) with four really cool guys and a bunch of 9 year olds. It was a dreamlike afternoon, perfect. We went to a champagneria for lunch. It is a place that only sells sandwiches, tapas, and champagne and you eat standing up, smushed in a crowd. But worth it for the real experience and the coolness.
Miguel visited this weekend and I think he had a good weekend! Albeit, a very varied one. I showed him my university, which is a very magical place with terraces, beautiful trees, and courtyards, and we went to a club on Friday night.
On Saturday, we went to Parc Guell, Parque de la Cuitat Vella (where we rowed on the pond), and I took him to the champagneria for lunch. Because I had fallen in love with it and I just wanted to recreate my magnificent Friday afternoon. We had dinner with my lovely señora, Paula. But afterwards, Miguel had an allergic reaction to something (he thinks it was an apple) and I had to take him to the emergency room! If anyone knows Miguel, he can never visit me without something semi-catastrophic happening. When he visited me in Rhode Island, he got himself locked in the upstairs bathroom and had to climb out the window.
Once again, this Sunday I didn’t leave the house at all. I love Sundays in Spain because absolutely NOTHING is open so I never feel compelled to leave the house and be mobile. Instead, I do my homework, read, rest,. I always know I can look forward to Sunday as a day of rest when my week is going crazy.
I booked my flights to Galway for the weekend of St. Patrick’s Day! I can’t wait! I’m going with my cousin, Meredith, who is studying in Sevilla. We will be staying with one of my best friends, Erin, and my other best friend Lauren will also be there! I think the weirdest thing will be being in an English-speaking country. ☺