let la melonera begin!!
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Just drinking a mini |
Happy Thursday y'all :) Today was the first day that we got up by the sound of an alarm and I have to tell ya: I didn't like it. Not at all. I in fact disliked it so much that I turned it off and slept for another hour. After we dragged ourselves out of bed, Christina and I set out to see her new school and meet some of the teachers. She was looking lovely in a pretty blue dress and I believe my words as we were getting ready to her were "yes, I want to walk with you, but i'm NOT taking a shower!" My plans were to walk with her so she didn't get lost on her way to the school and then turn around and come back home. Both missions failed. We got lost. Finally after we found the place (late, as usual) we, as in BOTH of us, were invited out for a drink with a couple of the teachers. Awesome. I wasn't even wearing real pants and this was my first encounter with professionals in Spain. Typical. So we went out for drinks with them and they were fantastic! I am so jealous of her school situation; she already has colleagues and knows where her school is and I haven't even had a glimpse of my school, let alone any type of communication with them. Anyway, the teachers seem great and I even swapped emails with one of them so we can get some coffee some time and she can brush up on her english while i look puzzled at her when she speaks Spanish. Sounds magical, I can't wait!! After this exhausting day of getting up before noon and going to a bar pants-less, I decided to go home and get ready for la melonera. This is a festival for our neighborhood and has literally hundred of activities going on all weekend. I was soo pumped for it I didn't care that we have to wake up at 7 AM to get to orientation tomorrow! Alyssa, a friend of the roommates, came over and we headed down to the fiesta, tin cans in tote. We got there just in time for the endless supply of meat to be nice and cooked and the churros fried to perfection. Of course, what's a fiesta without adult beverages? so we headed for the one of 6 bars that I saw at this place. I knew I had to wake up early tomorrow so I opted for a Mini Sangeria. Now, normally you should praise me for this type of responsible behavior, but I feel compelled to share with you that a "mini" here is a cup that is literally the size of my head. Definitely a 2 hander for this little senorita. As you can see above, the drink was pretty fantastic :) I would also like to point out that the prizes here for the fair games are just as bizzare as the people at the fair. Check out the pics on facebook, but just to recap some of the prizes that could be won during a nice game of bingo: a stuffed animal, a mini motorcycle, a microwave, a flat screen TV, an iron, a coffee maker, a lamp, a stereo, a life sized barbie doll, and of course: a WHOLE LEG OF HAM!! what is it with the Spanish and Jamon?? I will never know...
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