Rain and Laundry

This weekend we are going on our first Spanish overnight trip to León - refer to page 263 of 1000 Places to See Before You Die. León is about three hours from La Coruña by car. It should be pretty fun. I'll give you the details about the trip and will post some pictures when we get back on Sunday night. There are supposed to be some really amazing cathedrals (one with over 125 stained glass windows) and other interesting gothic architecture throughout the city.

There isn't really much else going on at the moment. It has been pretty rainy today, so I've stayed inside for most of the day. I reached my goal of winning two games of Spider Solitaire in one day. I don't know if I should feel happy about my accomplishment or sad that I'm in this great foreign country and I'm sitting inside playing cards on my computer. I am never playing that game again though. (Juan is sitting at the table playing intently as I type this…)

I had my first experience of my laundry getting rained on today. It was really frustrating. It had been hanging out there all day in the wind, dark clouds, and imminent rain. I was watching out the window and listening very closely for rain all day. I went to run some errands, but stayed within a few blocks of the apartment in case I needed to get home quickly. It seems that just as I let down my guard it started pouring (of course). As soon as I realized it I ran to the back windows and starting yanking everything inside. The damage had been done. Now I have everything on my make-shift clothesline in the guest room. Hopefully our bath towels will be dry enough to use by tomorrow morning!

Tomorrow (Friday) Juan and I are going to finish up the paperwork stuff for our La Coruña residency. My employer is having some issues with my work stuff since for some reason they had me planning to work in Madrid. Sheesh. They filed all my paperwork with the Spanish government as if I was going to become a Madrid resident, so I have a phone call with some people to get that straightened out on Friday. Wish me luck!

Oh, get this - Juan eats lunch in the cafeteria at work. He can get the 'menu of the day', a three course lunch with a soup/salad, main course, and dessert, for about $0.70. Can you believe that? I told him that he should just get two and bring one home for dinner. ;)

Erin - guess what t.v. show is on in the mornings here... BONANZA! (dubbed of course). I think of you whenever I flip by it. I can just hear you in the back of my mind making fun of the way I say 'bonanza'. Hehe.