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!
jueves, 22 de noviembre de 2007
lunes, 5 de noviembre de 2007
¿Tienes grapadora?
A quick entry before I write a briefing on the elections in Guatemala for my internship. Yesterday I got back from my trip to Portugal 3 hours later than expected. I guess my Spanish bus driver needed to take plenty of breaks on our way back, it was fine. I had my iPod for most of the trip to entertain me until it sadly ran out of batteries and then some good naps. The weekend trip to Lisbon was lovely, lots of churches, cathedrals and castles. I will post pictures and more about the trip later. I have a busy week ahead of me.
In the next two days I have to create a powerpoint on the city where my college is, read about 50 pages to answer 13 questions, write a 2-3 page essay telling the story of a cartoon we were given and do some grammar worksheets. Very doable but I don’t have very much time. Today between my internship and watching Mila I am going to work like a busy bee, then after I come home from watching Mila more work. Pretty much the same deal for tomorrow except it will be work between internship and class and then after class. I have this intense seminar, or what I am making out to be intense seminar, it is 3 days long and it counts towards 50% of one of my mind grades. I suppose I make it sound intense because I have the powerpoint and questions to hand in before the class, and then on the third day of class I take the final and then there is my grade, so much riding on such a short time. It will all get done. I just feel like I have a lot these next couple of days.
Then after I have to meet with a professor from Middlebury about my parallel project, this 20 research paper I am suppose to do in reference to my internship, like the written part of my work to get credit for this internship in the next day or two. I also need to book my family’s trip to Italy, that will be a lot of fun but later in the week. Then a couple of other errands but nothing to colossal. Anyway, I must get to doing work work but I just thought I’d drop in and say hello. So I owe you a most substantial post about Portugal.
Also Jason comes Friday! Can’t wait!
Lastly, if you are bored and like old Spanish ladies, this is a great article in the NY Times.
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/world/lifestyle-spain-cybergranny.html
It is an article about a 95 Spaniard who writes a blog and it is really lovely, it is in Spanish but enjoy it.
Her blog address is: http://amis95.blogspot.com/
She is pretty funny, worth checking out, obviously if you speak Spanish.
In the next two days I have to create a powerpoint on the city where my college is, read about 50 pages to answer 13 questions, write a 2-3 page essay telling the story of a cartoon we were given and do some grammar worksheets. Very doable but I don’t have very much time. Today between my internship and watching Mila I am going to work like a busy bee, then after I come home from watching Mila more work. Pretty much the same deal for tomorrow except it will be work between internship and class and then after class. I have this intense seminar, or what I am making out to be intense seminar, it is 3 days long and it counts towards 50% of one of my mind grades. I suppose I make it sound intense because I have the powerpoint and questions to hand in before the class, and then on the third day of class I take the final and then there is my grade, so much riding on such a short time. It will all get done. I just feel like I have a lot these next couple of days.
Then after I have to meet with a professor from Middlebury about my parallel project, this 20 research paper I am suppose to do in reference to my internship, like the written part of my work to get credit for this internship in the next day or two. I also need to book my family’s trip to Italy, that will be a lot of fun but later in the week. Then a couple of other errands but nothing to colossal. Anyway, I must get to doing work work but I just thought I’d drop in and say hello. So I owe you a most substantial post about Portugal.
Also Jason comes Friday! Can’t wait!
Lastly, if you are bored and like old Spanish ladies, this is a great article in the NY Times.
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/world/lifestyle-spain-cybergranny.html
It is an article about a 95 Spaniard who writes a blog and it is really lovely, it is in Spanish but enjoy it.
Her blog address is: http://amis95.blogspot.com/
She is pretty funny, worth checking out, obviously if you speak Spanish.
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