Well I got pictures to work finally.
But it takes freaking FOREVER to load. That can’t be right. I’m not a fan of this software at ALL. Though that’s probably because I’m computer iliterate and don’t know how to use it.
Anyhow, here I am in Spain. I’ve been working here for a little over a week, and will be staying several more days. I get tomorrow off, so I’m heading to the beach! I’m a pretty bad traveller. Here I am in this new place, and all I can do is sulk about how lonely it is. My friend Dave put it to me succintly “Get off the internet and go outside!”. That might not be verbatim, but it was pretty much the gist. Dave’s lucky though. He gets to go work in places where he speaks the native language.
Ok, no excuses. Keeping you, my loyal readers (I know that sounds grandiose, but since I figure I have about zero viewers, not even my parents will come here, I think that makes up for it) entertained photographically will keep me off the internet (atleast when I’m not posting said photographs). So far I don’t have too much interesting here on this trip. Some views of the river, buildings, boring stuff. I’m staying in a very nice hotel, I’ll go take a picture of that later. It has a nice little café, and restaurant with insane European hours of operation. Who starts having dinner at 8:30pm! Haven’t they heard that to lose weight you shouldn’t eat after 6pm?
About three or four days a week there is a market out in front, and on Sundays there is a dance with a live band playing in the gazebo. I was just told that there is a discotheque nearby. Do I have the guts to go there on my own?….
this is the problem with going somewhere where you don’t speak the language (or just going somewhere alone really). I feel too vulnerable to do anything interesting. I don’t go into bars or cafe outside of the hotel because I’m just a little scared. What if people laugh at me. What if I’m doing something socially wrong or awkward and I don’t realize. I’m tempted to start asking people were I am working on this trip if I could tag along them somewhere. Tommorrow I’m going to the beach (I can appreciate nature, nature is so nice and doesn’t laugh at you. And I don’t mind bugs or mud at all…. Stop laughing Miles!) in a nice little village. I don’t know yet that it’s actually nice, but this is what I’ve been told. I’m looking forward to that.
Besides working I’ve been pretty much sleeping, eating, trying not to eat, or on the internet. I’m trying to lose weight on this trip, but without having to do much work on that (like run, or actually eat healthy). The fact that the cleaning staff here has to replenish the toblerone and almonds supply in my bar fridge everynight is a testament to that (though good on me, they haven’t had to replenish and liquor). I know, bad me. I am getting walking everyday though, and eating healhty at lunch and breakfast. And I bought cellulite cream which should do all the work for me. I’m pretty sure that’s what the box says, if I was able to read Spanish atleast.
I really need to start learning new languages. It’s just too tough to stay somewhere for so long and have noone to really talk to, or to feel rude everytime you need to go to ask for something from the concierge.
Ok, so enough of this me talk. Here are some observations. Spanish women have big botties. Lovely slim boddies, but just big, round bums. Also, shock and horror, I have noticed a number of women sporting mullets. A number of young, trendy looking women, with mullets. Also I don’t see many blonds. I know that darker hair is more prominent here naturally, but I don’t see many bottle blonds either. Or really, there is an age threshold. The only bottled blonds I see tend to be older than 40. Maybe that is a generational thing. Lots of people sunbathing here, it seems on any available surface. Thus, lots of tans. Lots of too much tans as well. In general though the people here are quite lovely. Fashion is so colourful, lots of bright colours especially pink and reds. Lots of capri pants. Beautiful tops. Álso quite a lot of the fashion I see people wearing seems quite effortless.
That’s really about all for now. I will get some interesting pictures tomorrow. Adios.