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Alicia and I had decided to go to church whenever we woke up. Lucia told us that the earliest mass was at 8 and the latest at 13 and a few at various times in between. We ended up going to the cathedral at about 10,40 and sat through the mass that had begun at 10. We explored the cathedral afterward and then walked around the plaza directly south of it called Plaza de la Reina. I bought some postcards to send out. Then we headed home for lunch.

We ate chicken and mashed potatoes, and as we were finishing lunch, Lucia’s granddaughter came over. Claudia is an adorable child, and it helped to have someone around who pointed out my grammatical mistakes without shame. We played with play dough, of which she only used the pink, which is her favorite color, and the orange. Most of the other colors were unopened. When it was time for her to go home she was not happy to leave Alicia, but she agreed to go since she would be there the next day to spend the night.

Alicia and I walked to the Plaza Ayuntamiento to meet up with Heather and Amanda. We had chocolate caliente which is hot chocolate that’s so think it might as well be pudding. Amanda showed us pictures that she had taken at the playa (beach) that day, and we walked around the plaza for a bit admiring the huge fountain in the middle. Alicia and I walked back, disappointed that we had once again failed to find internet, but we knew we would be able to use the computers at the center the next day. We ate a dinner of salad with onions, tomatoes, and tuna, and a lot of tostadas, watched a movie muy muy vieja (very very old) on TV and then went to bed.