Saturday 24th
– Didn’t do much during the daytime as I was still exhausted. Was playing a short concert in the evening
and had arranged to meet up with Jenna afterwards.
The concert
went well. It was another pre-Semana
Santa concert but we were playing after a group of dignitaries had “opened” the
event. In true dignitary fashion they
ran nearly an hour late so we all had to be prepared but we ended up with an
hour and nothing to do. Spoke to a few
people but it is hard to break into these established groups unless they
actually want to include you.
Jenna and I
decided to go bar-hopping. I left my
stuff in here flat and then we headed out.
First stop Da Vinci’s, tinto de verano and tuna tortilla, as well as some
good chat. Then Los Arcos. Then we went to one up near my house, I don’t
know the name of it but we have been intrigued by its “venta hielo” sign for a
while.
Then we
decided to go to Charleston, because frankly time is running out and we hadn’t
been there before. We knew that we could
run into our pupils there as the entrance ages in “over 16” but we had both
been told that it was a good mix of our age and older as well. Well we got there, and then Jenna spots some
of her gym friends, who had all been at a wedding in the afternoon and the
bride (still in her wedding dress) and groom had decided to go clubbing
afterwards. Then we bumped into one of
the bar tenders from Budladero whom Jenna knows well and he gave us a sort-of
backstage tour of Charleston and told us all about the business.
The owner of
Charleston has come up with a good idea as he allows “Bottellon” to happen in
the upstairs part but he charges them more money. Bottellon is essentially a “carry out”. But it is slightly more socially
acceptable. They acknowledge that the
under age kids will be drinking but they are safer than if they were just on
the streets.
All in all a
good night, and if Jenna is around another Saturday night then we are planning
on going back.
Sunday 25th
– With the hour change I didn’t get home until just after 4.30 and Jenna hadn’t
left until after half 5. I had left my
stuff at her house so in the afternoon she brought my stuff up and we decided
to go for a walk around the mirador, grab a roll and sit in the sunshine for a
while. Then we went and got coffee and
afterwards I went back to sit in the sunshine.
I have a slight tan line where my fringe was and where my sunglasses
were.
Monday 26th
– I started to feel unwell so I spent most of the day in bed hoping that I’d
get over it quickly…
Tuesday 27th
– Lost my voice. Partly. Went to school and was all croaky and
crackly. Then my kindle screen broke…wasn’t
a great day.
Wednesday 28th
– Had to take the day off of work because a) I had no voice at all and all my
classes involved me reading aloud as well as a dictation exercise and b) I had
no energy and just felt faint.
Had to phone
Kindle customer services, even though I had no voice, barely a whisper, who are
sending a new, free Kindle direct to my house as its still under warranty. And unless it turns out that it was human
damage then I don’t have to pay.
I was this penguin all week.
Thursday 29th
– Went back into school because a Thursday means two meetings and then my 5th
year class, a lot less speaking on my part.
Meeting in the morning was cancelled so I went in at break, ate my media
con tomate (seriously best elevenses ever) and then my afternoon was also
cancelled.
Because the holidays are
coming up the kids are disappearing and not turning up, which was welcome today
because I would have been useless.
Tapas was
good. Left early-ish because I still
felt pretty sick. My chest feels tight,
my throat definitely has an inflammation or a lump in it and I’m a bit
wheezy. My voice also just doesn’t exist
right now. Very odd.
Friday 30th
– Had to go into school even though we all knew there were going to be no children. The atmosphere was good though as all the
teachers were looking forward to their week off. The guy with the amazing laugh nearly
deafened me laughing at joke I didn’t understand. His laugh is infectious though.
Spent the
afternoon cleaning and organising my stuff for the adventures. Off to Madrid early in the morning and then
when my mum comes we will be travelling to Toledo, Salamanca and maybe either
Segovia or Avila.
Well that’s
all folks…stay tuned
Days until I
finish at Santisima - 63
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