Planning, Plotting, and Studying(?)
Trying to figure out where and when I want to travel this semester is a royal pain in the arse. So many places, so many great Spanish cities, so few weekends. Also, if you don't want to travel alone, you have to try to get others to come with you--this adds another fun element to planning excursions. However, I'm convinced it will all work out in the end. It's kinda funny that I don't have definitive dates to go to Barcelona and Madrid (I'll be in Madrid one day more or less in two weekends with our program on a southern tour), but I know I need to spend a lot of time in those places (or at least a weekend or more each). This weekend, though, we're going to Galicia. It's a the northwestern most portion of Spain, and the main attraction there is Santiago de Compostela. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santiago_de_Compostela It should be a nice excursion, pending the holdout of rain. Keep your fingers crossed. We leave Thursday night at 1 am via bus, which should be MUY interesante. The ride will be long, but with some coffee Friday morning we should be good to go. Nice group of people too.
This evening, after classes, a group of us traversed much of the city searching for a pair of shoes for my friend. The perfect pair of shoes, evidently. It was a good walk, and I got to look at some possible future purchases, as the Spanish make very fine shoes. Anyway, while I was walking back to my house, I witnessed a protest in the large circle in the middle of the city. A group of people were shouting, calling the president a criminal who should give them back their money. Very interesting. Most of the people around me on the street were laughing, as well. I asked my host family when I got home what it was about (I was able to snap a picture of their banner), and it has something to do with a bunch of people who lost their money from stamp investments (evidently people tried to make a bunch of money with postage stamps?), and the government recently changed the stamp system, so these people lost all their money. It's very complicated, and it was difficult to understand 3 people speaking at the same time. Shouting at points, too. This to-do about stamps was also quite comical, for some reason, although people losing their money is not.
Classes are good. Still trying to decide what I want to take, and my academic advisor is working on options in the Sociology or Theology departments at the university. We'll see.
That's all for now--
AMDG,
Antonio
This evening, after classes, a group of us traversed much of the city searching for a pair of shoes for my friend. The perfect pair of shoes, evidently. It was a good walk, and I got to look at some possible future purchases, as the Spanish make very fine shoes. Anyway, while I was walking back to my house, I witnessed a protest in the large circle in the middle of the city. A group of people were shouting, calling the president a criminal who should give them back their money. Very interesting. Most of the people around me on the street were laughing, as well. I asked my host family when I got home what it was about (I was able to snap a picture of their banner), and it has something to do with a bunch of people who lost their money from stamp investments (evidently people tried to make a bunch of money with postage stamps?), and the government recently changed the stamp system, so these people lost all their money. It's very complicated, and it was difficult to understand 3 people speaking at the same time. Shouting at points, too. This to-do about stamps was also quite comical, for some reason, although people losing their money is not.
Classes are good. Still trying to decide what I want to take, and my academic advisor is working on options in the Sociology or Theology departments at the university. We'll see.
That's all for now--
AMDG,
Antonio
posted by Anthony Damelio at 3:19 PM
3 Comments:
Enjoyed your notes we will talk this weekend it is fri after lunch and still in seminar
We fly home tonight
Talk to you sat
ok i would bet a million dollars that "anonymous" is a parent who cannot figure out how to sign their name...i love it.
Tony thanks for all the updates. The posts are a big help, and my application to Bilbao is almost finished! Buen Suerte! oh and AMDG
Tim
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