February 27, 2010

I slept in today until about 12:15, and finally got up around 1:30 to have lunch. We had chick pea soup with celery chunks in it. After lunch we got ready for the day. We met Jess at 4 at the main bridge and walked through a bunch of tourist shops. Surprisingly, we hadn't done that yet. We like to think of ourselves as citizens now, not just tourists! :) Then we went to the outdoor market. I got a scarf for 4 euros. It started to rain, and it was sooo windy! Our umbrellas were blown inside out and you could barely walk against the wind. We decided to leave the market, so we went to El Corte Ingles which is a giant store with about 4 floors, and part of it is like a grocery store, and the rest of it is like a giant Sears. I found pretzels and Ritz crackers, which I haven't found anywhere else, so that made my day! I also got some golden grahams that I love to snack on. After that we went to an Heladeria (ice cream shop) and I got chocolate con tronos, which is chocolate ice cream with chocolate chunks in it! It was delicious! After that we decided to walk back home. It was starting to get cold and more windy. During the day it was over 70 degrees, but it definitely went down once it started to rain. We went home for dinner and had the potato tortillas again. At around 10 pm we went to Arielle's house to watch Disturbia because her family was gone and they told her she could have friends over. It is very rare that they have friends over to their houses here, so that was a special treat. We haven't been allowed to do that yet. It finished right after 1 a.m., so we left and walked home. I got to bed around 2:15. It's a good thing we don't have school monday so I can sleep a bit!