¡Tengo hambre!

It has been a while since I've written and I am sorry about that but I've finally got rather busy with my life here in Madrid. As you all know my wonderful boyfriend came to visit me in Spain for 10 days so I basically was MIA for that entire time. Now that I've resurfaced I thought I'd write a bit about what I was up to and what is ahead for me in the next couple of days/weeks.

Jason's visit was lovely, it was his first time to Europe so getting to see him experience how part of the other side of the Atlantic lives was fun. He told me that on his flight back to the US he realized he'd miss Spain so I take that as an indicator that he enjoyed the country. It was nice to get to show him around my pseudo home, be his own personal tour guide. I think he was museumed out by the time he left Spain, he has probably seen every major influential artist there is to see with all the famous museums here.

We also took a lovely trip to Barcelona for this 23rd birthday. Barcelona is awesome, the layout of the ocean, then the city and then the mountains is ideal, you have everything you could want. We did a lot of sightseeing there saw the famous works of Antonio Gaudi and saw some typical Spanish flamenco among other touristy activities. It was a great trip. Lots of sangria, gelato and American food. Jason wasn't always so keen on Spanish food which is understandable, one can only eat so much jamon (ham). But yes, his visit was exactly what I needed, one of my best friends in Spain to just have the best time with. It just feels splendid to be in such good company.

Anyway, I am at my internship and I should get back to work but this is really the only time I have to write this entry. But better than my brief overview of his trip here are some photos from it. Please let me know if these links work.

http://middlebury.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2025590&l=41477&id=4403155

http://middlebury.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2025594&l=17934&id=4403155

And here are some pictures from my trip to Portugal the other weekend...

http://middlebury.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2025587&l=8b644&id=4403155

Tonight I have a huge Thanksgiving dinner to go to. Two of my best friends Shriti and Juana are coming for a long weekend from France and Italy to spend Thanksgiving with me and visit Madrid. I am so excited for their visit. Horchata is making a traditional Thanksgiving dinner with turkey and all the trimmings, can't wait, yum!

My one job was to make a homemade pumpkin pie and all would have been wonderful but Spain hasn't reached the kitchen technological level of the US and they don't use blenders so I had to bake the pumpkin and liquefy it by beating it with a whisk, talk about a workout. I am a little nervous about the texture but hopefully the taste will make up for some unavoidable lumps. Also I had to make my own crust because the idea of ready made crust is lost on the Spaniards.

In the next couple of weeks I have a lot of work piling on from my classes, essays to write so next weekend I will probably spend a fair amount of time trying to get work done before Christmas. Then the following weekend I am off to London to visit a former co-worker from my NYC mayoral campaign and his fiance. I can't wait for that, I love David Boyle. And then the following weekend I am meeting up with Shirti and Juana in Athens for a rendezvous, what a life. And by then it will be time to go home for Christmas. I come home December 21st so get ready. And I'll be home until January 5th, sadly just missing the New Hampshire primaries on January 8th. ARGH!

Anyway, they finally found work for me so I am off.

Happy Thanksgiving!