Adonde fueres haz lo que vieres: Goodnight Sun

If Margaret Wise Brown had written her famous children's book in Spain, the title would have been Goodnight Sun, or perhaps Good-morning Moon. Because that is how it works here. Going out means leaving at 2am, and getting home as the sun comes up, or later. Of all the differences in schedules between Spain and the United States (work, eating, school, store hours, etc), this one is the most difficult to grow accustomed to. Once out of the flat, it is normal to start in a bar. From the bar you move to a bar/club mix. Then to a club. Then breakfast. Then bed. It's so much fun, and so exhausting at the same time. I am certain that the siesta was born from this form of partying. Friday and Saturday night both found me out following this pattern. Saturday night the best thing that has ever happened to me going out anywhere happened in our favorite bar. They played Spice Girls. This meant that all the time spent choreographing dances at age 8 finally paid off. I would like to thank my parents for supporting my obsession, including giving me every Spice Girl memorabilia that Big Lots had for Christmas that year. I know it would've made you proud to see my moves last night ;)

Francesca, Ángel and me in Forum (the bar that played Spice Girls)

Ángel and me with the penis of Santiago. Seriously, that's what everyone calls it.

The rest of my week was pretty normal. I went back to work, it rained, went to the gym, applied for a second year in Spain and bought a plane ticket. All the things that my life will ideally be full of this year. Work was great as always, I still adore the students and love having the chance to practice teaching and to see how practiced teachers do it. I am planning on doing a back-to-basics review with the students based on their short answers to questions about their holidays. Here are my favorite answers:

What do you want to do this year?

A girl and a good friends
Pass old my subjects

What did you receive?

I receivet under pants (this students vocab is incredibly limited, but he knows this word)

As you can see, it is necessary to review the basics. I also hope it will stop the question "Who did you do yesterday Tiffany?" and lead to the questions "What did you do yesterday Tiffany?" The rain this week made me a bit cranky again, as I have broken a handful of umbrellas during my months here (though most in the past month). I am looking forward to being rain free again sometime in the near future.

Toxo has found a new way to keep warm

I love my new gym, though find that the rules at gyms in Spain are different from those in the USA. For example, it is required to use a sweat towel, for sanitation, but there is nothing to clean the equipment with after working out. I paid for my membership and gave them my photo, but there is no check-in when I go, and it is always a different person working. It's a very interesting process. I applied for a second year in Spain to continue traveling, as it is absurdly easy to do so in Europe. This next month I will be going to Budapest, Hungary for a few days. I am looking forward to seeing the history and sights of Budapest, and getting to know yet another city.

I also found a few photos on a different camera from Kim's trip, these photos are from Vigo, the first day that Kim was here.