Hola a todos!
Today is Thursday and its an official holiday here in Soria so I had no school today. So this morning I got up to run some errands and I wanted to check out the open air market that only happens on Thursday. It was wonderful! The entire area is set up with vendors selling the freshest vegetables, fruit, bread, cheeses, fish, nuts and the best of all was the cloistered nuns sell their baked goods. I bought the best little cookies from the nuns booth. I also got some vegetables and fruit, everything is so fresh. I got the best strawberries I have had in a long time! After the market I met up with some other teaching assistants and the 2 daughters of one of the assistants and we had a picnic. We hiked up this hill with a park towards the top and sat and ate all of our goodies. We ran into some of our students at the park, who were all up drinking on their day off. Its so different here, most of them were between the ages of 14-16 and the police were wandering around not bothering anyone at all who wasn't bothering others (its just such a difference in culture). My stuff from the market was amazing! Then on our way home we checked out the tree that Antonio Machado (famous Spanish poet, who lived in Soria) wrote "A un olmo seco" about. We then had coffee and returned home. I don't know what I will do this weekend, although I hope to go out because Carnival kicks off this weekend here in Soria. Also I posted a few more pictures to my last album, just a few of the market, but the link is in my last post if you want to check them out!
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When we went to Switzerland last year we noticed the same when it came to the drinking habits of their young people. We took a public bus at midnight from the train station to our hotel neighborhood. There were young people headed home openly drinking on the bus but they were so well behaved and polite. It was amazing. They also have a lot less problems with drinking in their country than we do. Sounds like you are taking advantage of your days off to explore. Have fun.
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So is this Carnival like Halloween kind of? Because I just saw pics on my friend Savannah's FB page (she plays pro. bball in Spain)and they were all dresses up in costumes like halloween and it was titled "Carnival".Looked like a blast! Did you end up taking part in the festivities?
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