The first day. We woke to a breakfast of ¨pan de leche¨ with butter and jelly, a type of bread that is pretty moist and reminds me of lady fingers, and a glass of Cafe con leche, coffe and milk. Now the milk is an odd thing, an overpasturized product that is stored in square cardboard-plastic cartons. And since they took Louis Pasteur ultra literally, they store there milk in a cupboard until they are ready to use it and then once it is opened, it is usually put in the fridge. It is just a bit awkward to see such a thing, but hey thats the culture. After breakfast Jeremy, my roomate and I went for a walk around the city and checked out the old part of Caceres which is so beautiful. Old castles and churches that beg to have their pictures taken. We walked and walked for hours around the city and finally ended, or so we thought, our night at the cyber cafe to check our e-mails. As we were walking home about twenty-five minutes from the cyber, we realized, well I realized that I did not have my wallet. We sprinted back to the cafe to luckily find it where I had taken it out to check my cyber account information. (Mom and Dad, do not worry, this was is not a common theme for me over here, I AM a responsible person.) Then later tonight we went to ¨Down¨ where some of the Spanish students told us to check out. It was so interesting that we left around 1 A.M. and there were 2 other people there, they said that people do not start coming until 2 and it gets packed at 3, yes 3 in the morning and people hang out until 7 or 8, just a different lifestyle, but for us we called it an early night.
The Kitchen (notice the Pig)
Our small table, fits four uncomfortably
The Bedroom, 2 mini beds
The first day. We woke to a breakfast of ¨pan de leche¨ with butter and jelly, a type of bread that is pretty moist and reminds me of lady fingers, and a glass of Cafe con leche, coffe and milk. Now the milk is an odd thing, an overpasturized product that is stored in square cardboard-plastic cartons. And since they took Louis Pasteur ultra literally, they store there milk in a cupboard until they are ready to use it and then once it is opened, it is usually put in the fridge. It is just a bit awkward to see such a thing, but hey thats the culture. After breakfast Jeremy, my roomate and I went for a walk around the city and checked out the old part of Caceres which is so beautiful. Old castles and churches that beg to have their pictures taken. We walked and walked for hours around the city and finally ended, or so we thought, our night at the cyber cafe to check our e-mails. As we were walking home about twenty-five minutes from the cyber, we realized, well I realized that I did not have my wallet. We sprinted back to the cafe to luckily find it where I had taken it out to check my cyber account information. (Mom and Dad, do not worry, this was is not a common theme for me over here, I AM a responsible person.) Then later tonight we went to ¨Down¨ where some of the Spanish students told us to check out. It was so interesting that we left around 1 A.M. and there were 2 other people there, they said that people do not start coming until 2 and it gets packed at 3, yes 3 in the morning and people hang out until 7 or 8, just a different lifestyle, but for us we called it an early night.
The Kitchen (notice the Pig)
Our small table, fits four uncomfortably
The Bedroom, 2 mini beds
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