It's Wednesday, which means I'm more than half done with my work week (!!), classes are going well, the
weather is beautiful, I'm loving life, etc. Nothing too interesting there haha. My
weekend, however, proved to be very interesting, so if it's alright with you,
I'd rather talk about that instead.
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| View of Toledo from the top of la Iglesia de San Ildefonso |
On Friday,
I wanted to go to Toledo, which is just a short bus ride away from Madrid (50
minutes-ish, if you succeed in getting a direct bus, which I did). I was
going to go with a friend and then she couldn't go, but I decided to go anyway.
The man at the bus ticket window gave me a hard time about that. “One
ticket? Are you going alone? No one should go to Toledo alone! Look, here is a
nice gentleman; you should go with him!” etc. (at which point his co-worker,
a.k.a. the “nice gentleman” in question, looked over with “WAT” written all
over his face). And I was like mira, no pasa nada, en serio, could I just have
my ticket now, pretty please?
Toledo is beautiful. It is jam-packed with history and a crazy mix of art and architectural styles that stem from said history. Not going to lie, I ate so much marzipan that I felt a little ill, but other than that, it was a stellar day. For more information about Toledo, see the picture on the left or go visit for yourself.
Saturday, my laptop (who, as many of you know, was brought through a grave illness this May thanks to a super tech-savvy co-worker of mine) finally and forever died, may he rest in peace. I will never forget how the lil' guy froze every single day at 4:48PM on the dot, without fail, or how he stuck it out with me through the entirety of an exhausting college career, including through weeks of non-stop use leading up to my senior thesis deadline. What a trooper! He will be missed. I thought about writing him an ode, but I don't really know how to write odes.
Toledo is beautiful. It is jam-packed with history and a crazy mix of art and architectural styles that stem from said history. Not going to lie, I ate so much marzipan that I felt a little ill, but other than that, it was a stellar day. For more information about Toledo, see the picture on the left or go visit for yourself.
Saturday, my laptop (who, as many of you know, was brought through a grave illness this May thanks to a super tech-savvy co-worker of mine) finally and forever died, may he rest in peace. I will never forget how the lil' guy froze every single day at 4:48PM on the dot, without fail, or how he stuck it out with me through the entirety of an exhausting college career, including through weeks of non-stop use leading up to my senior thesis deadline. What a trooper! He will be missed. I thought about writing him an ode, but I don't really know how to write odes.
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| I now know that this place is within walking distance of my house. Oh no., please help. |
Saturday night, I took part in the time-honored Spanish tradition of staying out with friends until the wee hours of the morning and then stopping at Chocolatería San Ginés for some dangerously delicious hot chocolate (literally just melted chocolate—think Burdick's) and churros before heading home to bed. According to my Spanish roommate, however, a true madrileño/a would have stayed out til the sun rose (which takes place around 8:00AM here), stopped by a café for breakfast (and/or chocolate con churros), and only then gone home to bed. So I guess I´m not a true madrileña yet. But it´s good to have something to aspire to haha. ;)
Much love,
E.
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