I took this picture when we were flying from Dulles to London. I think I was the only person awake at this point during the flight.

Anyway, classes here suck, but they are easy. Literature classes are boring enough in English let alone in Spanish.

Last Friday we went to Salamanca. It is a university city and is north of Madrid. The tour was conducted in Spanish and I understood very little of what was said, but it was fun to just look around.

I am trying to upload pictures, but the internet is too slow so I am going to continue without them.

Anyway we visited the university and then a cathedral both of which were very interesting. Spanish people eat huge meals normally during the afternoon, but in Salamanca we had it after the tour. We had spaghetti following by ham with potatoes and then ice cream and it ended up being the equivalent of three meals.

The following day we took the bus to Segovia. At this city there is a castle that we were going to visit. Prior to the castle we visited the Roman aqueduct that is still standing in the city. I am amazed that it is still standing today. We heard a legend about the aqueduct (something about a little girl that had to get water and the devil) , but that is about all I got out of the spanish.

The castle was fascinating and I don´t understand why so much detail was put into it. We ended up climbing to the top which involved going up steep stairs in a tiny corridor. The view was phenomenal, but I cannot say the same for the trip back down.

As everyone knows, stairs and I do not get along very well and of course why would it be any different in Spain. I started walking down the steps and I rolled my foot. I think that something cracked, but its not broken so I will be fine. It has been getting better each day.

After I got back to where I am staying I went to a farmacia in order to get something to wrap my foot in. I walked up to the door and tried for 5 minutes to open the door. It was locked and meanwhile the lady working there was looking at me like I am an idiot. Apparently on Saturdays in Spain you have to order things from the pharmacy through a little 1´x1´window. My limited vocabulary on pharmacy products prevailed as I tired to explain what I needed. It is needless to say that many hand gestures were used in order to say that I needed something to wrap my foot with. I walked home with a thick ass bandage and spray anesthetic. It should only be one or two more days until it is back to normal so I am not to worried about it.