-I got sick pretty badly. You remember how my roomate got ill in Morocco? Yeah, well I think a got what he had, just not as badly as he had it. I'm pretty much recovered.
-I ate at a Burger King in Spain. Yeah. And surprisingly, it wasn't bad. But the best burger I've had in Spain (out of not many) was at the Irish pub where...
-I watched the Super Bowl with some friends. This Irish pub called O'Neills was showing it, and it was fun. The broadcast had no commercials though, which was kind of weird. So I didn't see any funny commercials. The food at the pub was really good and surprisingly cheap. The main catch was that I didn't get home until about 4 AM because of the time difference...yeah.
-My orientation class is about to finish up this Friday, and I am overjoyed. It was a decent enough class and definitely worth it for 3 hrs of credit, but it was 3 hrs per day every weekeday and just got way too redundant. Classes in the university/EUSA should be a lot more relaxed and spread out through the day.
-Half marathon training got thrown off by my illness, and I am starting to try to get back into it. I've adjusted my training schedule to go a little slower for the time being. I ran 4 miles today, which was a step back but probably necessary since it was not an easy run. We're looking into booking the trip to Lisbon now.
-My Senora is trying to push my roommate and I out of the house over a long weekend at the end of February so she can go to the beach. However, everything is pretty expensive travel-wise, and I'm not sure if I really want to spend the money. Awkward...
-Spanish television is still terrible.
-I went to Ronda this past weekend on Saturday. This may have been the highlight of my entire trip so far. The bus ride over was pretty enough, emerald green grass slowly arching and growing into rolling hills which gained trees and rock faces and gradually became small mountains. Ronda is a cliff town...a town built on top of some enormous cliffs in the middle of the Andalucian countryside. The town is divided by a massive ravine: the Old Town on one side and the New Town on the other. Here in Spain, they have a different definition of old...the Old Town means it was there before the 15th Century. Yeah. Anyways, the 2 parts of the town are connected by bridges (again, old and new). There are panoramic vistas all over the place. You can be walking in a park or down the street or wherever and out of nowhere BAM--awesome view of the landscape.
We walked around the city some and then proceeded to hike on a trail called Puerta de las Molinas, which took us down towards the bottom of the cliffs on one side of the town. From here we had a marvelous view of the cliffs from the side, and it was worth the semi-strenuous walk.
That's all I can think of for now...although I'm sure much more has happened. If anything important comes to mind, I'll let you know. Almost a month down here out of five. It's been pretty chaotic trying to adjust, but I think I'm really getting there. And I'm definitely looking forward to more adventures here in Europe; it should be easier to organize them once I'm in a regular schedule at the University. Hasta luego, amigos!
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