March 6, 2008<\/u>.\u00a0 I forgot what, if anything, happened.<\/p>\n
March 7, 2008<\/u>.\u00a0 Again I met John Barkley, who introduced me to a guy who supposedly was interested in an “intercambio” or exchange of English lessons for Spanish lessons.\u00a0 Turns out that he and John were huge friends and they couldn’t keep their hands off each other, which is embarrassing since they are both in their 70s.\u00a0 While they were doing this, they called the other guy’s daughter whose “novio” is American and won’t speak English with her since he’s lived here 15 years and apparently now speaks the lingo.\u00a0 So, it’s half an hour of Spanish for half and hour of English.\u00a0 She’s nice and cute and, unlike her father and John sitting across from us, kept her hands to herself.<\/p>\n
Amy and Dan came over for lunch and we poured over maps so that Anne and I could plan our trip to France (we’re going to Mirabel to ski for Easter week, which I now know is a big holiday throughout Europe).\u00a0 We got some ideas of where to stop since we anticipate an eight-hour drive, which is too much, probably for one day.<\/p>\n
March 8, 2008<\/u>.\u00a0 This evening we saw the fountains of Mont Juic, which is translated as Jew Mountain and is, predicably, where the Jews lived.\u00a0 The Jews left over 500 years ago, one way or another.\u00a0 It is also, predicably, next to the Arab quarter.\u00a0 The Arabs are still around, getting short haircuts on Sundays and making sure it’s a very dangerous neighborhood.\u00a0 But I digress.\u00a0 The fountains are set to music with lights and so forth and it’s a real scene with tons of people milling around, selling junk, and probably pick-pocketing.\u00a0 It’s a lot of fun, a real scene with schmaltzy music and the excitement.\u00a0<\/p>\n
March 9, 2008<\/u>.\u00a0 Forgot to write anything so nothing happened.<\/p>\n
March 10, 2008<\/u>.\u00a0 Forgot again.\u00a0<\/p>\n
March 11, 2008<\/u>.\u00a0 Beautiful day.\u00a0 I went out on my bike, enjoyed the spring weather.\u00a0\u00a0 This evening I had my first meeting with Christina, a Spanish woman who smokes and wants to practice English so, like in Aspen, we trade half an hour of English for half an hour of Spanish.\u00a0 She is very nice; we talking about how she knows smoking is terrible and her boyfriend (who is American but won’t speak English with her) wants her to quit.\u00a0<\/p>\n
March 12, 2008.\u00a0 Frank McDonald from FM Imports stopped by to see us.\u00a0 He’s here on a wine hunting expedition for his clientelle in the US and to tell them not to raise their dollar prices.\u00a0 We had him to dinner and had a great talk.\u00a0 He’s an interesting guy who has travelled VERY extensively, including visiting some places that are off the beaten path (for tourists).\u00a0 It’s the latest we stayed up since arriving in Spain, I think (9:30 at night! — no, just kidding, it’s almost 12:30 — hey, we are lightweights).\u00a0 Next time Frank, we’ll stay up later!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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