The Spanish vices

This city makes you walk, makes you sweat and gives you blisters on the heels. This city also pushes you on the dancefloor and makes you party.

The spaniards only start to get going at 3am. We need to assimilate. But we also need to sleep! My roommate was told that 'babies go to sleep at 11pm' and my own empirical observations prove the point. Little kids still play, run and climb on those jungle gyms after midnight so I guess it's no wonder the partying lasts until (and after) seven in the morning for the grown-ups. It's good fun though, I must say, and it's nearly surprising how long you can go just with the help of peach-juice and sparkling water. (The girls giggle about my zumo de melocotón -fix. I am not too curious to know how much sugar that stuff contains.)

This city makes you shop as well. Uah. Confession time, list your vices, everything on the table now. Yes, I've bought shoes. I dare to say my new zapatos are pretty close to perfect. Love 'em.

Okay now, time to get on the streets and fix some food on the table -the eating hours are yet another thing to assimilate to: grocery stores and kitchens close roughly from 3.30pm until 9pm. Yeaterday we were late so my lunch was replaced with a croissant and a frappucino. Oh and there goes yet another vice on public too: coffeine is indeed part of my days again. It's good down here and I love getting my cafe con leche on my way to work.

Just to smoothen the list of vices, I must say I really love my yoga classes here, too.

:-)

Love and happy thoughts for your Sunday! Let your mind find a balance. (And let me find some food, seriously!)

Hasta luego.

Feeling nice

Weekends feel nice.

Have I already told you how I like Sevilla?

Borrowed my roomie's cam the other night, I want to have a handbag sized camera too! (Dear Santa and so forth.)

Greetings from the coast

Happy girl, lucky fish, smiley face. Greetings from the coast! More pics, here you go. Chipiona was little, hum, ghosty this time of the year but it suited me just fine -loved the ambandoned ambience and that murky twist the autumn breeze gave to the village.

Just one unpleasant thing: I fell on the street in Chipiona. I don't know how it happened, I guess I stumbled upon something, and soon enough I was on the ground. I got quite a bang on my head too when it hit the wall and things went dark for few seconds. I had time to think I'm too tired to get up, that I just want to lay still, but luckily that feeling went past rapidly and I was on my feet again. Afterwards I kept feeling a bit dizzy and now my knees are a nice combo of red, blue and yellow, my left wrist is a bit achy, I have a blue mark even on my shoulder (!) and the poor head of mine, well, something bit swallen in there, too. Oh well. Things happen and this was indeed unexpected. Walking is dangerous.

Out of town

Been outta town this week, first Monday and now for the past two days. Went down to Chipiona for work and decided to stay there over night too to avoid the two-hour ride back and forth between Sevilla and the coast. Was refreshing, litterally, to be on the coast -wind was blowing somewhat hard and the breaking waves were getting bigger, splashing tons of water on the beach-side walk and letting the moist and fizz fly around, even meters away.

The Spanish way

Can't believe I've been here for nearly two weeks -time's flying and fast!

I'm really enjoying my little reality simulator en estilo español, Sevilla suits me well. I like my job, my home, my flat mates, my hoods.. All's good, life's good.

Have a fantastic weekend!

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En voi uskoa, että olen ollut täällä jo melkein kaksi viikkoa -aika menee ihan siivillä!

Nautin tästä pienestä todellisuus simulaattorista en estilo español, Sevilla sopii mulle. Tykkään työpaikasta, kodista, kämppiksistä, naapurustosta.. Kaikki niin hyvin.

Mahtavaa viikonloppua!

Takin' it easy

Yesterday, for the first time, I managed to navigate my way through the labyrinthine streets without my map -and didn't even get lost. Hooray!

Public holiday today. Takin' it easy, as usual. I think we girls figured out the Spanish way of living quite fast.

Saludos

One week of language school down, few days of work behind and still alive, heat up up up (steady plus 30 celcius daily), little too much of heat in my system too (got feverish and all sneezy), three sweet flat-mates and a lot of good times.

I'm settling in, quite liking this city. Very happy I got the chance to try this out.

Saludos! See you soon.