Christmas?

Madrid is going to be lovely at Christmas time! they've already started stringing lights all over the place, and they're not your average lights, most of them ahve some short of shape and hang in clusters over the streets. they havent started lighting them yet, but each night i notice more are hung up. i wonder when they will start lighting them? they dont have thanksgiving as a guide.

things are usual around here, and the weekend uneventful. we spent a little time at the Prado museum. the museum is huge! we made it through most of their goya exhibit and their temporary exhibit of a recently uncovered Spanish painter, mainz, i believe, before becoming exhausted. we also did a little shopping because we officially got paid for the very first time! very exciting after 2 months. haha.

this weekend, we are headed to cordoba, a place i've never been! its in the south of spain, very lovely and traditional, most famous for the mesquita, which is left over from Muslim rule, although it was later converted to a cathedral, but the origianl architecture remains. it sits right on the guadalquier river. not sure i spelled that at all right.
its getting dark so early now, before 6. very depressing, and mkaing me tired. i cant wait til december 21 when it starts turning around again.
time for lesson planning and bed!

ciao