Milk, etc

I miss milk. A lot. I never realized how much I drank back in the states, until I came here where they almost never drink it! In the morning we have this strange milk, that is cool but doesn't have to be refrigerated, and has a weird aftertaste and a film on top. I put it in my cereal and then really concentrate on the cereal taste. At lunch and dinner the only drink choices are water in the dorm, or pop and coffee and alcoholic beverages when eating out. There are also juices at breakfast, which are fairly good. I am going to become calcium-deficient! Actually, that is highly unlikely because of the amount of cheese available. Spaniards eat cheese with everything! My spanish teacher told the class that Spain does not have the technology or the space or even perhaps the cows to make that delicious pasteurized, homogenized, icy cold milk we take for granted in the states. When I get home I am chugging a ton of milk! I miss having it for breakfast, lunch, dinner, in between...That's the end of my complaints. I love Spain!

Today, I decided to go to a bookstore to get my books for class, and I could not find the place at all. I'm fairly sure that my teacher told me the wrong address because she even drew directions for me and I took the exact route. I walked around the city for over an hour before I decided to try again tomorrow. I'll google map it and use those directions.

Tonight, a few of the spanish students in my hall took Megan and I with them to an Irish pub. It was very fun. They try to go there a few Thursdays a month and just sit and chat. It was nice to get to know them better. Their names are Chevy, Claudia, Eloy, and Albert. They all speak english, which is very helpful, but also speak some spanish to us in order for us to learn some more. They were very amazed by our small, country backgrounds, and just by Kansas in general. They want me to sing them a country song, and Eloy wants to play one on his guitar, lol. They are very up to date on world events as well, because we talked about the election, and about the evolution controversy in the states and how the spanish-speaking population in the states is growing so quickly. Overall, I am very glad Megan and I decided to go with them and I hope we are invited out again! Hasta Manana!