Another Day, Another Trip to the Grocery Store

Today started of with a Spanish proficiency exam at 10 a.m.- luckily, I woke up, unluckily for my neighbors, they did not. Luckily they had me!!!!! So that was about an hour and I did pretty well, which is fine, I would rather not be in the advanzed program as it is. Also, the dorm people finally met the home stay people, including my good friend, Sam(antha). 

Sam and I went for n adventure to Corte Ingles, basically a HUGE department store with everything you'll ever need. Even though it isnt wicked cheep I found a purse for 50% off (Spain is having a lot of sales! and no, I'm not taking advvantage of them :)  ). Anyway, its a pretty sweet purse and pretty pick-pocket-proof. And we found it no problem, almost. Turning onto one main road we went right instead of left, but with my inconspicuous maps we were able to right ourselves without being to obvious touristy. We were able to relax for a little while before an orientation meeting at 3:30, answered a lot of silly, but important questions. Then we went for a psuedo walking tour of the borne area ( if you walk out my building its to the right one block or so). That was nice, it is a beautiful medieval area and we went into a cathedral too. The cathedral was built fairly quickly, for a cathedral atleast (80 years) so it is simple....but b-e-a-u-t-i-f-u-l. It is called something del mar, built whent he ports were a a very significant things for the city, I think the 1400s (mar means ocean). 

On the way back we stopped at the supermarket, AND I ORDERED FROM THE DELI ALL BY MYSELF!!!!! Well, I did ask our host lady what would be a good ammount, since they have different measurements. I asked for choriza iberico, its delicious. Essentially, it is a sausage that doesnt really need to be refrigerated a lot (cured?). I also got milk, orange juice, tuna, mayo, cheese, the bread cracker chip things ( like bagel chips, or maybe better said toast thats cold), water, dijon mustard, rice, cherry tomatoes, and SOY SAUCE!!! Pretty successful, no? More than I ate at BC. So now im chillling in my room and for some reason my cheeks are bright red, cold to warm maybe. What makes it better was that they were this red when I knocked on the wrong door about an hour ago. I was like "oh, evryone should try chorizo! So ill bring it to molly". lo and behold, molly lives in 130, not 135 (across the hall). She didnt answer (obviously) so I walked down the hall a little ways to the next persons room, but before i could get there the door opened, out pops a Spanish man/boy. He just mimes knocked and says something and I awkwardly say"Emmmmm puuuueeertaaaaaa innccorrrrectttaaa" he responds in english "No problem", with a smile. And i swlowly back up, making a weird gesture with my hand, maybe I tried to wave I dunno "looooo siiieeeennnttooo". All my words realy were that drawn out, but they were nice, it was a room full of them, awesome. So here we are just  had a light dinner with some fanta. Sticking around here tonight to get a good sleep since we don't have to do anything until 12:30 tomorrow, a meeting at the university and then lunch...on BC yayyyyyyy.

Hasta luego queridos!