Buf! What a weekend it’s been. I know I just updated a couple days ago and typically I only have time to create new posts on Fridays since that’s my day off, but it’s been a weekend full of splashes of nostalgia and lots of bad luck, and I just didn’t feel like waiting.
So first off, I had a taste of home on Friday that could turn any day into a great day. Two words: wheat beer. Mmmmmm. How I have missed it! It was an unexpected delight, and reminiscent of days spent back home. When Sarit and I told Hugo what wheat beer is, he asked “corn?” because, of course, he just looooves talking to me about corn. Apparently there was an episode of Family Guy where somebody went to Nebraska and they came back saying that the only thing people in Nebraska talk about is corn – we have nothing else interesting to say. Hugo thinks that’s really funny.
My second dose of nostalgia – live music! Bar shows are some of the greatest (and most missed) aspects of Lincolntown, and aside from the Reggae show we went to the first weekend here, I haven’t seen much live music. Well, I take that back. I guess we hear lots of live music if we count the accordion player who wakes us up every Friday morning by playing in the street outside our house… Anyway though, it was great to hang out in a little bar and watch the singer/songwriter make his magic.
Hmmm so what else happened this weekend? Saturday we walked down to the port with the two girls who were staying with us, and then we walked through some neighborhoods we hadn’t seen yet and through a beautiful park with peacocks! On the way home we grabbed some “chestnuts roasting on an open fire” which are very popular here, and so delicious! But by then it seemed our luck had run out, and as we’re heading home I get a call from Leslie saying she was hanging out at the apartment when she heard a POP and then all the lights went out. Crap. After running through the house shining our tiny cell phone lights all over the place, we finally find the fuse box and try to get it figured out. Of course, we are 5 American girls and have no clue what we’re doing, so Hugo, our prince in shining armor, does a few tricks and voila! we have light! We thanked him by making a nice stir-fry with rice noodles and veggies (his first time eating anything of the sort) and then hung out at the house drinking PORT WINE -- yummy, I love being this close to Porto -- till midnight or so when it’s considered acceptable to go out. Did I mention I fell down the stairs as we were leaving the house?
We spent the night dancing, our last stop at some tacky cowboy-ish discoteca attached to the train station that actually turned out to be quite fun, after which Leslie and I headed home at around 7:30. Arriving at the house, we see a note stuck to the door that says “electricity out again, can’t fix it. Joder!” Crap! We come in and bang around, trying to flip the same switches that Hugo did last time, and of course we have no luck.
All day Sunday we had no power, but spent the day trying to use up the stuff in the fridge that would go bad the quickest and running to the only open store (we are in Spain and it’s a Sunday…) to buy candles. Hugo has no luck with it, so we pretty much give in to the fact that we are spending another night without light. Blah.
But aha! After unplugging everything in the house and searching for anything that might still be plugged in, I realize… the dishwasher! We unplug it, flip the fuse box switch, and we have light! However, we now have no working dishwasher :( though I guess I’d take lights over a dishwasher any day.
This week I'm talking about Halloween in my classes, nothing too exciting but they do seem to find it interesting. If anybody has ideas of interesting stuff for me to tell them let me know!
This week I'm talking about Halloween in my classes, nothing too exciting but they do seem to find it interesting. If anybody has ideas of interesting stuff for me to tell them let me know!
Well I think that’s it for now, I’m pretty sure there was something else I wanted to add but I can’t remember it at the moment so it will just have to wait till later. The soundtrack for this blog is less about the music and more about the video, it's stupendous and I think you all will enjoy it very much. The first minute or so is a bit slow and repetitive, but trust me, it gets better. Make sure you wait it out till the end!
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