Rain! and Olympics: Week 4, Thursday and Friday

Thursday:

Cathedral of Valladolid

I had a literature test this morning. It was fine, pretty similar to the last one. We're in school every day from 8-2. I haven't had this kind of a school schedule since high school, and yet it doesn't seem too difficult. I definitely feel like I'm learning a lot in a short amount of time though.

Lunch: Pasta with tomato sauce, ham and cheese fillet things, ice cream sandwiches :)

We met Jon, Zou, and Alex at the cathedral at five and went inside and took pictures. It was impressive but kind of dark. After the cathedral we went in a couple stores and then it began to storm, with pouring rain! We tried to stay on the streets that had the overhangs over the sidewalks and went in those stores, then waited for the rain to die down. Then Alex, Bailey, and I went back to school to study for our history test tomorrow.

Rain!

The last pen I had left (the fifth one) just ran out of ink. I may have to buy more; I don't like using pencils.

Supper: More pasta with tomato sauce, hot dog things, fries, and mini ice cream sandwiches.

After supper, Bailey and I studied more together then I studied a lot on my own.

Friday:

This morning in conversation we played “Tabú” (Taboo). It was a little difficult because sometimes we'd have to go through several cards before we found a word we recognized, but it was fun. Our history test went fine, although we all complained afterward that we didn't know (or care) how many times King Felipe III was married (it turned out once, which was rare because their wives died so much back then).

Lunch: Poached egg on rice with tomato sauce, ice cream sandwiches

We went to the computer lab from 5-8 to work on homework.

Supper: Tortilla de patatas, yogurt

More rain!

 The opening ceremony of the Olympics started at 10 P.M. I always love watching those. It was especially entertaining watching them with Mercedes and Reyes (her daughter). When Rowan Atkinson appeared we all said “Mr. Bean!” at the same time :) Also, when Reyes wasn't in the room, the scene started with James Bond going to the palace to get the queen, and we heard Mercedes go in the kitchen and say to Reyes, “Está James Bond y la reina!” (It's James Bond and the queen). Bailey and I both giggled at that. We talked with Mercedes a couple days ago about how much she likes James Bond. We went to bed before all the countries had finished walking in. We're going to Salamanca tomorrow!