Relaxation: Week 1, Wednesday

Random street in Valladolid

Today was a pretty relaxing day (short blog post). Breakfast was normal, classes were normal. In conversation, we talked about what types of drinks they have in Spain compared to the U.S. For example, they commonly drink more types of fruit juice than us, including pineapple, grape, peach, but have less soda. The only sodas that are easy to find here are Coke, Fanta, and Sprite (Pepsi is rare). In history, we're talking about the Romans in Spain and in literature we're reading songs and poems from the Middle Ages.

After class we went home and had ice cream, pasta, and “pollo guisado en vino blanco,” chicken stewed in white wine, which was delicious. I finally managed to take a nap during siesta. Hopfeully I'm finally getting over the jet lag. After that, we went back to school for homework. That seems to be our normal afternoon: lunch, nap, and homework.

El corte inglés, big store we went to Tuesday

Every Wednesday night (or afternoon, here it is afternoon until 8 or 9) at 6:00, we watch a Spanish movie at the school. We watched Volver, which was interesting, but I think I missed a couple important lines because I was doing homework while we were watching it.

After the movie, we booked our train tickets for Madrid this weekend and went home for supper. Supper was also delicious. We had patties of ham and cheese, I don't know how to describe how it was encased. The dish also included homemade french fries.

We went back to the park to run, and went farther. We turned around after 1.5 miles, but the path along the river goes farther than that. It is very long. Tomorrow we're going to El Campo Grande (the big park)!