May 14, 2008. Back from Mallorca and we have about five weeks before we’re going to be home. I thought I might get a boat captain’s license, checked it out at the Escuela and it’s not possible. There is a lot to it and not enough time.
Thinking about water, they got a lot here while we were gone (as we did in Mallorca) and that may have gone some small distance in solving the water shortage problem they have here. Here are some of the things they have done — shipped in water on boats from Terragona and emptied the fountains (and put up expensive signs about why they are empty). They are going to build a desalination plant, pipe in more water and other things — all of this takes time, money and energy.
May 15, 2008. Our dog, Rocket, returned from his vacation at the dog trainer’s house. The dog trainer returned him a bit late since he had to check into the hospital for an emergency operation for an ulzer, undoubtedly brought on by Rocket. Rocket is a hard dog to train, but certainly not worth getting an ulzer over. Anyhow, the dog trainer, Emilio, is married and his wife took good care of Rocket while Emilio recovered.
May 16, 2008. We’re going out to dinner this evening. Unfortunately, since dinner is at 9:30 (that’s the normal dinner time here) we will end up eating two dinners. I would say that the thing we like the least about Spain is the schedule. All of Europe is much more “normal” with dinner times at 7 ish and lunches around noon. Here, they have lunch at 2:00 for two hours and then dinner after 9 at night.
May 17, 2008. We had a very nice meal last night, getting home at 1:00 a.m. On the way home, the streets were busy with people going to “discos” that seem to appear at every corner. It all seems so ’70s. Today the boys managed to stay in the apartment the entire day.
May 18, 2008. Today was a running race put on by El Corte Ingles that is supposed to be the largest running race in the world with over 56,000 people. Anne and David wanted to add to the number, Joshua didn’t, so I stayed with Joshua and Anne and David went to the race. During the race, of course, they ran into Dan and Amy, our lunch friends and co-alumni from The International House of Languages. Here are photos.
May 19, 2008. Nothing to report.
May 20, 2008. Lunch with Dan and Amy and haircut day for David and Joshua and Rocket. All four men in the Uhlfelder family got haircuts (mine was last week). Photo here.