Mi casa es su casa (for now)

Hola amigas y amigos. I have finally moved into my apartment and have completely unpacked. It is an amazing feeling. The only thing that would make it better is if my friend Kate had found a place and still wasn't living in my room. I like my space and I need it. Two more days tops and I should get my room back. So as I promised here is an album dedicated to my new crib. I hope this embedded slideshow thing works. If not I will post a link to the album at the bottom. Anywho, so after completely unpacking the only casualty I had was my brand new, completely full foot lotion from Israel. It exploded all over my travel kit and got every other lotion bottle and bathroom necessity covered in mint lotion. It wasn't the end of the world but I was a tad disappointed that i wasn't able to salvage any of it. Oh well Birthday present right????!?! Just kidding. Being in Valverde during the weekend was an interesting experience. There isn't a lot of people walking around and again most of the stores are closed. I looked into a few bars and saw a soccer match being played so I walked in expecting to find a stool or table and just enjoy the game. Wrong, the place was completely packed with men and when i stepped inside they all turned around and starred out me. Talk about a welcoming environment. Wow, i slowly reversed my steps and exited. I tried this in two other bars and got the exact same reaction. Hurumph! Well I was convinced that the restaurant that I had eaten at twice would have the game on since it did the first time I ate in there. Well just my luck nobody was in the restaurant and the tv was turned to the top 50 music videos. Don't get me wrong we stayed and watched all 50 music videos because we were bored, but I was really disappointed that I wasn't able to watch any futbol this weekend. I would have watched it in my own house but our tv is on the fritz and it won't be fixed till Monday (today).

My second obstacle of the day was carrying my groceries up the hill to my house. I was stupid enough to buy water bottles and few heavier items and had to huff and puff m way up the hill. I had to stop four times to reposition the bags. It was not fun but i learned my lesson and now i plan to bring a mini suitcase with me when i go shopping. Another problem occurred in my kitchen. Kate decided to buy a pre-made pizza and put it in the oven. Well turns out I don't have an oven. hahah i guess i just didn't notice it when i saw the kitchen in the first place. We improvised and used the stove. I guess if i want to bake any chocolate chip cookies, banana bread, or lemon poppy seed muffins, I'll have to go to Kate's future apartment. Shucks. Well the first night in the new place went pretty well. I have a double bed that is really comfy (HURRAAYYY! In Argentina i had the worst bed ever and didn't sleep well for a month, no joke) so i got a great nights sleep. I wasn't exactly sure how to turn on the hot water so i opted not to take a shower and wait for Elisa (my new Spanish roommate) to come home and teach me. The last problem I encountered was the shades of the windows. For the life of me I couldn't figure out how to put them down. The only reason I was really bothered by that was because i had them up in my bathroom and was afraid that people could see in. (Once Elisa came home she showed me how to do it and I felt like an idiot because its really easy).

So on Sunday Kate and I decided to try and hit up the internet cafe a the Youth House in the city center. Well I thought I knew where it was and I ended up passing it twice before I finally recognized the building. As usual, the place is closed on Sunday's so we had to go a second day with out internet. We attempted to sit on people's stoop and pick up a WiFi (in Spanish its WEE-FEE) signal but alas everyone was locked. Curse those Spaniards and there passwords. Our next mission was to do another grocery shop since we only had a few things left. Yup, you guessed it the Mercadona (Supermarket) was closed on Sunday's. Feeling defeated and a tad annoyed we went to a new little cafe on the way to my apartment and had some lunch. I decided to get out of my comfort zone and try some new foods. Well it turns out i ordered a very mayo potato-ish salad (I don't like potato salad) and unfortunately fried cuddle fish. OOPS. I tried the Choco Frito (fish) but I just wasn't having it. So I ended up paying 5 euros for an empty stomach. I learned my lesson. Stick to the basics until someone recommends a dish that I might like. throughout the day we heard this flute player but we could never figure out where it was coming from. When we sat down to eat lunch we finally figured out it was coming from this car. He was blasting this flute music as he drove throughout town. I have no idea what it was all about but i intend to find out.

In conclusion, small towns like Valverde are useless on Sunday's. Sunday's are the best days to go to the beach (Punta Umbria) or the city (Huelva, Sevilla) or to nap, tan, or exercise. Duly noted. The Youth House closes at 8pm and its 7:31pm so I'll wrap it up and post a new entry tomorrow. I still have lots to say hahah for once. Next blog I'll introduce Corrie from Chester, England!!!!! :)