Since Then

We’ve gone on a few more little city tours and such, including el Barrio Gotico, which is an old crowded neighborhood with some great little stores, gelaterias, and chocolate places ;) Also the Picasso museum, which was really great, they even had little paintings he did as a child. It showed all of the eras and the different styles he has done, including a few months where he did around 60 renditions of Velasquez’s ‘Las Meninas’.

There’s a little pizza place by campus with about 10 kinds of pizza at a time, you can buy little slices and eat them on a little cardboard thing. Which we find kindof pointless. But they also have relatively cheap beer and it’s a fun little place to hang out.

One night after Luisa made us lentils(yum) and pork(fried of course), we were chatting for a few minutes about men and novios and stuff. After a moment of awkward silence when the conversation was done, Luisa says: “Pues. Ya hemos cenado, y yo voy a poner una peli. Un Porno!!” (ok, we’ve eaten, now I’m going to put on a movie, a porno!) After laughing for like 5 minutes straight and Luisa trying to backtrack a little, I figured out that she was talking about Brokeback Mountain (she had recorded it). She watches a lot of little soap opera-type things, most of which are dubbed over. Lots of soccer games too. After dinner she always asks if we want fruta o helado(ice cream) but always tries to get us to pick helado. She's also always talking about not buying stuff at the department store but going to the "Chinos" (chinese stores??) because the shoes and such are cheaper.

*Barrio Gotico
*Piso(apartment) Photos