El FIN DE SEMANA

I know its been a while since my last entry. I guess I just temporarily fell off the blog wagon. Haha, that was corny. A lot has actually happened in the last week and half. Luis decided to change his pants, finally. Madre keeps getting more aches and pain. She went to the doctor last night, and she did not get home until after 10. Our dinner was extremely late, but the doctor took a bunch of tests and she is waiting on the results. Old people and their health is never ending. I think our Madre has so many health problems because she is so over weight. As usually, we continue to enjoy Randi and an apple every night. We are close to finishing our third jar. It's is just so hard to go a day with out Randi. If you don't know, Randi is our name for Nutella. We found Nutella in the cabinet the first week we were in the Manc, but the jar of Nutella had the name Randi written on the cap. The name Randi just kind of stuck, so now its Randi and an apple every night.

This weekend we stayed in the Manc and did some tours with group and Jesus. On Saturday we took a tour of the cathedral. Seeing how I walk past the cathedral every day on my way to class, I though it was kind of sad that this was my first time in it. Jesus of course gave us a tour describing the history behind the cathedral. Jesus also took us up on the towers of the cathedral. The view from the cathedral was absolutely amazing. I could see all of Salamanca, across the river and beyond! After the tour of the cathedral, we headed to the older parts of the university. Jesus should us a beautiful little courtyard where students picnic. He also told us that we would be having our final reception there on our last day in Salamanca after our finals. We left the courtyard and walked back to the other side of the cathedral. This side of the cathedral is very famous. Hidden in the detailed cravings on the front of the cathedral is a frog. If you find the frog you are guaranteed good luck for a year. I already knew that the frog was sitting on the scull. Once I found the scull I found the frog. Bring on the good luck!

Jesus took us to the La Casa de Las Conchas next. We did not get to go inside the casa, but Jesus explained the history behind the building. He also told us that shells, which are conchas in spanish, are a symbol of love. I probably should mention this, but the building gets its name because it is covered in shells. It is one of the most famous and well know buildings in Salamanca. There are postcards everywhere of La Casa de Las Conchas. We ended our tour at the Plaza. I never noticed this until Jesus pointed it out, but there are carvings of all the famous spaniards and kings and queens throughout history. Our tour ended around 1:30 and we headed back home for lunch.

It was such a beautiful day that after lunch I went for a walk down my the river. Down by there river is where the university has all of its sports fields and their pathetic little gym. There are also a couple of tracks down there. I walked around the track for a while and watched people playing soccer, and basketball. To my surprise there was even a game of flag football going on. They must have other international students because Spaniards don't really understand football. After my walk I laid down in the grass and took a little nap. It was so peaceful. Everyone was napping or picnicking on the grass, so it was also a great spot for people watching. I think I have become really good at people watching, if that's possible. I have so much free time here, that I spend a lot of it just walking around or sitting in a park people watching.

Our group met up again at 8 to go to the teatro. We were seeing a play called Desnudas en Central Park, which means naked in Central Park. The play was suppose to be a comedy, but nobody could really follow the dialogue. At the end of the play, there was also a naked scene were the main characters, who were no spring chickens, took off their clothes. Fortunately, they turned off the lights so we did not have to experience a full frontal. I did not understand much of the play and the consensus among the group was that we could have skipped it. I ended up talking through most of the play to Andrea about our plans for spring break in Italy. Jesus was sleeping through most the play, so I did not feel bad about talking through it. After the horrible play we were given dietas to get dinner. I went with a couple girls to a kabob place. I was not too hungry, so I just ordered hummus. It was not very good hummus though. It was kind of watery. I was really disappointed, but I made up for it my stopping at McDonald's on my walk home and getting a McFlurry.