So, i'm in Spain...

Okay, so from now on there may be less photographs for my blogs because of the lack of camera to take the aforementioned photographs with. Alas, i'll just have to describe it. And i certainly don't have any pictures to match up to Philip's. Okay, so life is pretty normal around here. Here's the schedule, just in case you wanted to know (if you don't want to know just skip down a paragraph):
Mondays: 12:30 - History of Spain and then 3:30 - History of Spanish Art
Tuesday: 10:00 - Morfosintaxis I and then 12:30 History of Spain
Wednesday: 5:00 - History of Spanish Art (isn't that great - i get to sleep in 'till five!!)
Thursday: 10:00 - Morfosintaxis I and then 12:00 - Metafísicas I and then at 4:00 there is a class that i'm auditing called Historia de la filosofía antigua
Friday: Same as Thursday except without Morfosintaxis I
Saturday: no classes
Sunday: need to find a church to go to

And it seems as if there is a holiday every other week (there happens to be one this weekend)

...and there you have it

Breakfast consists of some tostadas (cookie-like things) and muffins with strong coffee. it's pretty piddly but i'm getting used to it. Lunch varies: if i'm going to be at the university, my host-mom, Marta, fixes me a picnic (she says it like, "peekneek") consisting of two sandwiches and some fruit. When i'm at home during lunch she usually fixes me a full-blown meal which usually has at least two courses. I prefer the packed lunch because having a big lunch and a big supper can be quite overwhelming. Supper is usually the same as dinner. Breakfast is whenever i wake up, lunch is between 2-3 and supper is between 8-10. pretty different. it's weird going to bed right after one eats, so i usually don't. the food is good.

The menu:
Soups:
conglomeration of onions
conglomeration of mushrooms
conglomeration of various veggies
one that looks and tastes like split pea soup
chili (it tastes like it, anyways)

Meats:
Chorizo - really strong/rich semi-overpowering sausage - unique to spain i believe
some sort of beef patty (I think it's beef)
cow stomach (i think that's what she meant)
Fish Sticks

Sides:
sauteed veggies (peppers, eggplant, onions, etc...)
breaded calamari (squid)
chicken nuggets
Spanish Tortilla (it tastes exactly like your potato cakes, Dad)

Dessert:
Fruit (apples, nectarines, peaches, plums, other tropical fruit that i can't name, etc...)
cake
cheesecake (sometimes with melted swiss cheese on top)

I obviously don't have a choice what i'm having each day, but this is what i've had that i remember so far. I have enjoyed most of it with the exception of the "cow stomach" or whatever it is. My favorites are the spanish tortilla, paella (which i had at castelldefels. my host-mom hasn't made it yet). I also have eaten at other places. They have something called "tapas" which are like sides that you usually get and share a variety with friends. i have also eaten shwarma - i don't know why, but there are lots of little restaurants that have these. Shwarma, i think, is the most bang for your buck. And the more bang i can get the better because the dollar is weak and falling.

So that's what i eat. This blog is getting rather long. If you're reading this and haven't read philip's yet (the one below) - you should do that now and not forget. Because i eat so much i feel like i should go to the gym. and so i do. I go and get rather sweaty and nasty and then take a shower. recently the sports area of the gym was opened, so i'm getting to practice my basketball skills, which are probably deteriorating with lack of play. - and that's the PE part of my life.

Okay, so i got my bag stolen, right? and so, my keys were in there, right? so...my host-mom had to change the lock on the door which cost me 70€. hmmm... not too bad i guess. I just learned to carry my keys in my pocket from now on.

For anyone that cares and is still reading: I got to go to a Travis concert and it was absolutely free!!! It was a pretty awesome concert and I can still hear. I had to add this because i didn't want to end the blog on a not-so-high note. Philip - i got video of the songs "closer" and "sing" but, since they could not escape onto a computer, they were on my camera when it got stolen. shuckers. I kept yelling "sing, sing" so that they would sing "sing", and finally they did. I also got to see the most amazing fireworks of my life during the same festival (Mercé). It was at Montjuic and so the fountain was lit up and all as well. It was hilarious because the fireworks (which lasted all of about 30-40 minutes (guesstimation)) were synchronized with music. It was a pretty eclectic mix, ranging from Jimi Hendrix to Gnarls Barkley to RATM to Aerosmith, and so on and so forth. Oh, and also Outkast with the classic "hey ya". Ha ha, it was great. Anyhow...more later, maybe.

Love you all,
Diech

p.s. if you have access to facebook, some of my friends have posted pictures from the aforementioned events. If i can figure how to get them on here i will.