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Spain Part 17 - Preparando para Madrid
Feb. 7th, 2008 04:50 pmThursday was a TAREA day. I had lots of it to finish and I needed to do so before the weekend so that I could enjoy Madrid unhindered. The first biblioteca (library) that I went to wouldn't let me use the computers because I didn't have a tarjeta (card) so I left since it was time for almuerzo anyway. I sat in a park for a long time reading, eating, and watching people pass through. It was really sunny out, and the park has a lot of random arches and stones to sit and climb on that used to be parts of buildings. The pigeons are in mating season, and it was funny to watch the male birds ruffle their feathers and dance for the females. I sat near this neat tree for a while that has its roots growing above the ground. It's pusing up a part of the stone wall, and for some reason every dog that passed through the park went to that spot and peed on it. I wonder if there used to be something that lived in there that left a smell and the dogs feel the need to investigate. Anyway...
I went to another biblioteca and used my laptop to finish my tarea and chatted for awhile online with Rachel and a few other friends. The library was about to close so I left and headed home, accidentaly taking a wrong turn outside the biblioteca and consequently lengthening my journey by about 15 minutes. I made it home eventually anyway, and Alicia and I started packing for Madrid. We decided to bring just our backpacks so that we didn't have to deal with a lot of luggage. We weren't sure what to pack, though we had been told that it was going to be colder in Madrid than in Valencia so we made sure to bring long sleeved shirts.
For la cena we had baked potatos with olive oil and red pepper, and a baked onion as well, which Lucia told us to eat with the potato. She also made some amazing pescado (fish) fresh from the market that day of course. She told Alicia and I that she would make us lunches to take to Madrid so that we wouldn't have to buy anything the first day (she's so sweet!). We went to bed early because we had to wake up at 6 to catch our bus, but we stayed awake talking for a little bit because we were too excited to sleep.
I went to another biblioteca and used my laptop to finish my tarea and chatted for awhile online with Rachel and a few other friends. The library was about to close so I left and headed home, accidentaly taking a wrong turn outside the biblioteca and consequently lengthening my journey by about 15 minutes. I made it home eventually anyway, and Alicia and I started packing for Madrid. We decided to bring just our backpacks so that we didn't have to deal with a lot of luggage. We weren't sure what to pack, though we had been told that it was going to be colder in Madrid than in Valencia so we made sure to bring long sleeved shirts.
For la cena we had baked potatos with olive oil and red pepper, and a baked onion as well, which Lucia told us to eat with the potato. She also made some amazing pescado (fish) fresh from the market that day of course. She told Alicia and I that she would make us lunches to take to Madrid so that we wouldn't have to buy anything the first day (she's so sweet!). We went to bed early because we had to wake up at 6 to catch our bus, but we stayed awake talking for a little bit because we were too excited to sleep.
