This weekend was full of excitement. I went to a cheese festival, got a cold and moved into my apartment! Of course I will expand a little bit on each of those but before I do, I just want to point out that I changed a few things on my blog page so please look around and check 'em out! There are now little boxes below each post so you can "check off" your reaction. I can edit what they say so please give me feedback as to what may be some other fun check boxes. Also don't forget to feed the fish (on the right side of the page)- they are hungry all the time...
Ok lets start with Saturday morning:
At around 10am I met up with my, now, 2 roommates. They are two girls who will be going to school where I will also be helping/teaching. They're new to the town also so we should be just about on the same page for that and they're only a few years younger than me...so maybe they can teach me the "hip lingo" hahaha. When we met up in the morning we went directly to go look at apartments. Since they're new to the area we had to ask where the first one was. The people told us that particular place was far but they were renting out a "flat," as they say here, right there. Within 5 min the owner showed us the place which had 4 bedrooms and it was ok but not great. We then (within another 10 min after looking at the first place) walked around the corner, literally around the corner, and looked at another place. It was a 3 bedroom apt with 2 bathrooms, kitchen, living room- EVERY ROOM furnished. We decided on that place because it was nicer. So basically within an hour and a half I met my roommate for the first time and we found a place to live...not bad huh? Check out the pics of the place- its pretty big...especially for less than 350 euros!
with her and her family. We drove about 30 minutes to get to Zuheros (pronounced like swea-ros, with a Spanish accent of course), which is a VERY small town, but apparently very touristy from what I'm told. It was absolutely beautiful and even had a castle. The festival was packed with people! We had to buy little tickets to try the different samples of cheese...and wine- yum yum. There were tons of different kinds, even one that was brown because it had aged about 5-10 years- it was so old it was SPICY and killed about 1/4 of my tastebuds! Definitely an experience! We tried tons of different types from smooth and creamy to hard like parmesan and all were great (some a little much for me but oh well!). My favorite had to be queso a la plancha which is just a milder white cheese that they throw on the grill for a little bit. It really reminded me of greek food, which is probably why i liked it so much. There were multiple others that I also liked as well but I ended up just coming home with one. I don't typically eat fancy cheeses so it probably will even take me months just to finish this ONE. I have no idea what the name of the cheese I brought home with me is but it has a pretty strong flavor and its a harder cheese- I think it'll go great on salads. And actually the woman who I went with got it for me which was so nice of her. Everyone here has been SO nice and just welcoming me into their lives...something I definitely need since I didn't know anyone here previously.
After the festival we headed to a friend's house for some drinks. Their house was so beautiful and they even had a pool! I'm even jealous. We (the teacher, her husband and son, the son's girlfriend, the friend and husband and me of course) all sat outside and talked for hours about random things and enjoyed some tea and little pastries :) I tried my best to relax but I had a cold (which started the day before) so I looked like I had horrible allergies because I couldn't stop blowing my nose. Within an hour my eyes couldn't stop watering...lol which becomes very awkward if you can't describe to someone that you have a cold. The teacher even gave me a stash of tea because I didn't have any at the apartment- I love the people here. Around 7 or 8pm I headed for the apt I was staying at and just relaxed the rest of the night. Good thing I did because today I feel a TON better.So today was the first day that I actually had NOTHING to do. I've seriously been non-stop, pretty much, since I arrived- which has been great but a little exhausting. Today I slept in until 11am :) and it was great. I also decided that I didn't want to be completely unproductive so I moved my bags to the new apartment- which is actually across the street from where I was staying for the last few days. I'm settled in for the most part now, I just need some hangers and a few misc. items but everything is pretty much here. It's nice to just be able to unpack my bags and know whats inside! I took some pics of the place before I unpacked so feel free to check those pics out too. The next few days should be pretty relaxed as I don't have anything to do until Thursday...when I head back to Cordoba, AGAIN...and school starts Friday. I'm planning to learn how to grocery shop here, now that I have a fridge. It's really funny how I have to relearn how to do everything here because I feel like I'm 15 and helpless even though this is so easy at home. Luckily I've been getting a ton of help from everyone so I haven't made any really awkward mistakes...yet. I will try to make a good reputation for us Seattlites.
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