At the moment, I'm sitting a café listening to Taylor Swift, Usher, and basically the top 20 radio of the US. Kind of strange being in Spain hearing American music playing. Anyway, I got a cafe con leche (coffee with milk) and fresh squeezed orange juice--which is the most delicious thing ever. They cost €2.60 Euros, which is quite good. Now I've got the Spanish version of Scott Westerfeld's Uglies (it's a post-apocalyptic novel that I read in high school) and I'm going to read a bit. After that, I'm going to go shopping.
There aren't Wal-Marts here, but there are little Chinese stores that sell commodities for very low costs. I think this is better than Wal-Mart, because I actually can buy from the Chinese.
Yesterday, Carmen showed me the library that is in our area. She told me that this one is much smaller than the main one, but it has books and movies that I can check out if I don't want to walk as far (the other is a 30 min walk). Well, we approached this really large building and I was confused because she said the library was small.
We walked in and I saw a museum. There was art-work hanging on the walls and sculptures. She lead me over to the stairs and a blast of chlorine hit my nose. Carmen laughed at my expression when I asked her if there was a pool. It's apparently the multipurpose building for our zone of the city. The basement has a pool, the main floor is an art exhibition, and the top is a library. So basically all of my favorite things.
I don't have class until 2:15, so I have to make it somewhat productive. I wish I could just finish all of them at once, but I'll figure out how to pass the time. Carmen usually goes out and deadlocks the door, which my key doesn't work on. I would ask if I could come back today, but again I want to be semi-productive. I'm enjoying bumming around town.
Cafe con leche is the bomb! Drank so much of that in Costa Rica. Glad to hear you're exploring. It's the best!
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