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Published: March 7th 2006
Word up....
I don´t have a whole lot to say today, however I thought I´d write anyhow since I want to keep up with 3 entries per week.
Today is a sad day since its the last day Pierre has with us here in Madrid. This place will definatley have much less life and lustre once he leaves. Some people just bring the party wherever they go, and Pierre is one of those people. We spent the afternoon in the ´Rastro´area of town, which is a full of foriegners, and had a very nice lunch at a small Indian cafe on the street. Arabic, Indian and Moroccan influences abound from this area, providing an exotic feel that was refreshing for us today. The tikki masala was exceptionally good, and I´m never one to turn down some good tikki.
It seems we´ve all been in the mood to wax philosophical, as we´ve done nothing but chat on politics, religion, racism, and life in general for the past 2 days. Its really good to be able to have intellegent conversation with people about such things. It makes me wish that my Spanish was good enough to do that with the locals.
At this point in my trip I still haven´t really mixed in with the local crowd, other than some forreys guided by Pierre, our resident expert on human relations. Noone in our group really has, which I feel is due to the level of comfort we all have with each other, being that we´re all from FAU and have proved to be very compatible with each other. Its not a bad thing, I´ve made fast friends with most all of the people on our voyage, but my interactions outside of the circle have been lacking, leading to a lack dearth of spanish as spoken by myself. This is something I hope to focus on... I´ll surely start tomorrow. ;-)
But with just 1.5 weeks left in Madrid before I embark on the European tour I definatley need to ´get it together.´ That refers to study and school as well as preparing my accomidations for Paris and Amsterdam. I brought a list with me of hostels, places of interest, etc. but I feel that I need to do much more research. I´ve always been an exeptional procrastinator though, and seeing as I do my best work in the last few moments I´m sure that I won´t be bucking the trend anytime soon. Its hard to focus on anything really, I´m living the good life right now and its very distracting. My sole responsibility is to show up in class and even that´s not very difficult to do. Other than that its two thousand zero zero party all the time....
Some of my compatriots have just returned from their trips to Florence, Nice, Paris, and more over the long weekend. Paris, I´ve been assured, is a blast, and I´m very much looking forward to going now. There are a multitude of parks and museums to see there, which is something I´ve done a bit too much of lately, but I won´t be passing that up in Paris regardless. I have yet to visit the Renia Sofia here in Madrid, but once I do I will probably leave museums alone until the Louvre. I want to be fresh when I visit.
Anyway, I´m pretty much out of things to say and am rambling at this point... so until next time adios.
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Bellhorn
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Sounds like I can relate to your Pierre feeling, and I guess you have been through it before. That reminds me of when Dave left our office. It really drained the office moral and life. It always hurts to lose someone like that, because they can't ever be replaced :( Oh I have tried to call some more but I cannot even get through to voice mail now!!!