So here´s an update on the past few days.
Friday we had our espicha with our professors from UniOvi and the U of U as well as all 45 or so of us students. It was HOT in there. Spaniards don´t really do the whole air conditioning thing, and we had a 20x20 foot section of floorspace to congregate around two food tables. There were traditional Asturian musicians and dancers (think - bagpipes, felt outfits, ridiculous hats) which was pretty fun. I didn´t feel all that well because the bus ride made me nauseous, but the food was amazing. We ate tuna empanadas, cornbread (the only way I know how to describe the shape is like an eyepatch - we had eyepatch cornbread!), and my favorite, potato tortillas. They´re made out of egg, potatoes, and probably other stuff, but they´re shaped like a big fluffy quiche or something. They were amazing. There was also unlimited sidra (the traditional alcoholic cider beverage of Asturias) and red wine. I drank too much and ate too much (as Americans do) and may or may not now have the reputation of the girl who barfed in the bathroom (aseo) at the espicha. Boo. It was really hot in that restaurant! I took pictures. I´ll get them posted really soon, I promise.
Saturday was our excursion to a monastery and the beach in Gijon. The monastery was interesting but I was starving, so I ate this delicious giant chicken sandwich that Val made me. Spaniards make the best food. When we got to the beach, the girls and I took a nap on the beach and my arms and legs got a little burned. Not too painful, not a big deal. Nicole and I then stayed up until about 2am because we went back to this tapas joint (owned by a super nice guy named Jose) for dinner. We also wandered around the city, of course. Tons of people stay up super late here. Some clubs are even open until 6am in the morning. Since Oviedo is a college town, I guess it´s really popular for the college students to go out and party really late on the weekends. Not really my thing, but it definitely makes the city seem safer when there´s tons of people out and about.
I´m using the internet at the Mercado around the corner from my house and so I didn´t bring my camera cables; I wish I had, because words are nothing in comparison to the pictures I have to show you all!
I don´t know what I´m doing today. My classmate might be going to the beach with her mom and her mom´s boyfriend - if so, she said I could come along. I don´t really know what Spaniards do on Sunday. Things are open, so I guess it´s just like another Saturday, but with work or school the next day. I´m really excited to go back to school tomorrow ... the weekends seem kind of long, and there´s not a whole lot we haven´t seen already. Nicole and I are going to ask some of our professors tomorrow if they can recommend places to go and things to see that we haven´t already done. So far, there´s only one thing we haven´t done that was previously recommended to us, which is to visit the Campo de Invierno (Winter Park). It´s supposed to be really beautiful.
Next Tuesday is a holiday in Oviedo (I´m pretty sure it´s called Martes de Campo) so I won´t have school and nobody will have work. It´s a local holiday, so people get together with their families and go out to eat or hang out in the park with a picnic and wine. I don´t know what I´m doing yet but maybe that´s the day we´ll try the Campo de Invierno.
After reading this entry, I feel like the more Spanish I learn, the worse my English gets. Oh well.
Friday we had our espicha with our professors from UniOvi and the U of U as well as all 45 or so of us students. It was HOT in there. Spaniards don´t really do the whole air conditioning thing, and we had a 20x20 foot section of floorspace to congregate around two food tables. There were traditional Asturian musicians and dancers (think - bagpipes, felt outfits, ridiculous hats) which was pretty fun. I didn´t feel all that well because the bus ride made me nauseous, but the food was amazing. We ate tuna empanadas, cornbread (the only way I know how to describe the shape is like an eyepatch - we had eyepatch cornbread!), and my favorite, potato tortillas. They´re made out of egg, potatoes, and probably other stuff, but they´re shaped like a big fluffy quiche or something. They were amazing. There was also unlimited sidra (the traditional alcoholic cider beverage of Asturias) and red wine. I drank too much and ate too much (as Americans do) and may or may not now have the reputation of the girl who barfed in the bathroom (aseo) at the espicha. Boo. It was really hot in that restaurant! I took pictures. I´ll get them posted really soon, I promise.
Saturday was our excursion to a monastery and the beach in Gijon. The monastery was interesting but I was starving, so I ate this delicious giant chicken sandwich that Val made me. Spaniards make the best food. When we got to the beach, the girls and I took a nap on the beach and my arms and legs got a little burned. Not too painful, not a big deal. Nicole and I then stayed up until about 2am because we went back to this tapas joint (owned by a super nice guy named Jose) for dinner. We also wandered around the city, of course. Tons of people stay up super late here. Some clubs are even open until 6am in the morning. Since Oviedo is a college town, I guess it´s really popular for the college students to go out and party really late on the weekends. Not really my thing, but it definitely makes the city seem safer when there´s tons of people out and about.
I´m using the internet at the Mercado around the corner from my house and so I didn´t bring my camera cables; I wish I had, because words are nothing in comparison to the pictures I have to show you all!
I don´t know what I´m doing today. My classmate might be going to the beach with her mom and her mom´s boyfriend - if so, she said I could come along. I don´t really know what Spaniards do on Sunday. Things are open, so I guess it´s just like another Saturday, but with work or school the next day. I´m really excited to go back to school tomorrow ... the weekends seem kind of long, and there´s not a whole lot we haven´t seen already. Nicole and I are going to ask some of our professors tomorrow if they can recommend places to go and things to see that we haven´t already done. So far, there´s only one thing we haven´t done that was previously recommended to us, which is to visit the Campo de Invierno (Winter Park). It´s supposed to be really beautiful.
Next Tuesday is a holiday in Oviedo (I´m pretty sure it´s called Martes de Campo) so I won´t have school and nobody will have work. It´s a local holiday, so people get together with their families and go out to eat or hang out in the park with a picnic and wine. I don´t know what I´m doing yet but maybe that´s the day we´ll try the Campo de Invierno.
After reading this entry, I feel like the more Spanish I learn, the worse my English gets. Oh well.
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