So today we had absolutely nothing on our schedules. Woke up around 8AM (2AM USA time . . . yikes!) to 80 degree weather, ate breakfast around 9 with Inés (fresh watermelon, jugo de piña y uva [pinapple and grape juice. Yes, it sounds weird, but it's feels so good to drink something cold on a hot morning. They don't have AC], and a piece of toast with some form of oil), and then around 10 Inés and I went for a walk around Tres Cantos. We saw their church (they're Roman Catholic), the central park, and "Centro Comercial," which is essentially a super market and mall rolled into one building. That was roughly a 3 mile walk with little or no shade.
I've learned that Tres Cantos is very green in the enviromentalist way. There are different garabages for plastics, "organics," and paper everywhere. Lots of activities; most people seem to be in decent shape. And yet I've seen more people smoke here than I do in America, which is an interesting thought.
Lots of Smart Cars and the like. I don't think I've seen one SUV or Hummer.
Tonight another girl from English Camp is staying with use, Debra. Her host family is away on vacation or something or the other until tomorrow. It's kinda nice, actually, talking with someone who lives in the same culture as I do. While I love the family I'm staying with, it can be difficult to make sure I "live as the Romans do," and even though I've been with them one day, it's a very welcome break. She's very nice, too. =]
This "afternoon," (5:30, or 17:30 since they tend to use the 24 hour clock) we went to a pool. It took about 30 minutes each way, but it was very nice. Not too hot, not too cold.
And then this evening (10:30, or 22:30) we went to get ice cream. Since I can't have ice cream I got this lemon slushie thing. It was so sweet I was finished with it after a few sips and gave the rest to Isabel.
And now Debra and I are just sitting in the bedroom, reading, writing blog posts and waiting for exhaustion to set in. I'm still kinda wired from that slushie thing, so I might jump on the exercise bike for a bit.
More tomorrow. =]
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=D= Can I have some pictures of the church too? Of the inside as well if they take you in, which they might not.
ReplyDeleteAnd if you're too bored to talk about anything else, I'd like to hear about the meals too.
Hope you're having as good a time as it sounds! :D
P.S. Maybe you could include some Google Maps if you get a chance? I'm a visual person so I'd like to see everything in relation to something.
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Nah, I'm not picky. :p
Oh! And see what you can do about the two typos in your post above. :-B :p
Tres Cantos: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Tres+Cantos,+Spain&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=52.107327,113.466797&ie=UTF8&ll=40.59877,-3.69381&spn=0.049269,0.110807&z=14
Oy . . . you're crazy, boy. :p
ReplyDeleteThe meals have been very good. They knew about my dairy/chocolate problem, so I've been able to eat everything without worries. I'll try to explain more in the next post. =]