Worst Start to my Birthday Ever

I was feeling bad (again) yesterday, but planning on going to school. I woke up this morning at 10am, which is just late enough to have missed all of my classes. My alarm went off, but I turned it off in my sleep. I didn't wake up at all last night that I remember. I woke up and had no idea it was Monday. This is...terrible. Worst. Birthday. Ever.

Other Things

In backwards chronological order, here are some pictures of things:

Elena explains a student's cell analogy - Mt. Olympus.

Another cell analogy. The US is the DNA.

Saying goodbye to Dutch, in apparently the most amusing way possible.

And skeptical?

Very skeptical.

They make the Irish coffee very Irish here.

Zoom in and see the invisible man!

So...this is for Katie. Rocks from Argentina!

At the chocolateria. Unfortunately, the chocolate has gluten in it.

Also for Katie. They like the US here.

This is one of my favorite things - live music in the Metro. This guy is really good. Some people come onto the trains and play there.

Back again to the Vuelta. It's a pretty fountain.

Liquigas drives the front.

Okay, so those are some pictures.

Spanishness Weekend

I've spent the weekend so far in bed, what with the being sick. I'm hoping I'll be well in time to enjoy some of it.

"Interesting" things:

1. It rained yesterday. That meant practice was canceled. This proves that I am, indeed, in a different country.

2. I made a soup today. It includes onions, leeks, potatoes, and zucchini. The only color in it was the skin on the zucchini. Nevertheless, it was tasty.

3. As I write this, I found out that my friend GUI or "Pastor Gurath", as people are calling him now, has malaria. He's still preaching with the parasitic buddies inside him, so that's a good sign. If you're the praying type, please pray for him (and everyone else with malaria and everyone working on the cure, which I hear from SciFri is coming).

4. Tuesday, there's evidently a military parade in town for Spanishness Day. I don't know what time it is, but I have a location, so that's helpful. Evidently they bust out all the planes and tanks and whatever else and roll them down the street. I'll take pictures if I can figure out when it is.

And that's all I've got. Exciting times in my apartment.

Down With the Sickness

What's living in a new country without being really sick?

Yeah, pretty awesome.

It definitely is time for Friday Night Fever.

That joke would have gone over better if it was Saturday night.

Back to bed.

Things from Before

Alright, so there are some pictures I could post, and you could look at them if you wanted to.

So here:

Sangria is good, especially right before practice.

This is Rachel, one of my roommates.

And that's Jen, another one of my roommates.

The Vuelta comes to Gran Via!

And it was pretty.

And they had lots of motorcycles.

I'll probably post more later, I'm skyping now, and uploading pictures crashes the connection.

Cheese

This country tastes good. Cabrales for cheap...so cheap. MMMMmmmMMMM

That's all.

Weekend in Santander, aka Fake Seattle

I just spent the weekend in Santander playing ultimate frisbee and perusing the main plaza at night... It was fun. This was my first beach tournament, and we only had 3 girls. That meant I had to play almost the entire last game, since beach is 2-3 or 3-2, offense chooses, and we won by a lot, so that was good I suppose. After the game, we jumped into the water, and it was incredible.

Santander is a really nice town with a climate similar to Seattle and mountains rising up from the back of the city. The region it's in, Cantabria, is also where the earliest cave drawings were found. So that's cool.

I ate a lot of good food, played a lot of fun ultimate, and went to my first discoteca. (Note: not really my thing, especially since the night gets going at 2 am.)

And now, pictures for your viewing pleasure. (Click for bigger.)