Being Fabulous

Sometimes I remind myself how awesome I am.



Time for another cafe con leche ;)

Letter to Sidewalk Users

To the people in Spain who don't know how to share a sidewalk,

I may be Canadian, but I will still run you down if you're in my way.

Sincerely,

People who walk faster than a snail's pace.

uumm... ?

All day yesterday, people kept saying to me "I keep thinking today is Thursday" and I'll let you know Thursday or Friday if you have the job" and "We'll talk on Thursday"...

Yesterday was Thursday. End story.

The Peanut Butter Deficency... again.

So as it turns out, my little supermercado in my neighbourhood (or the one closest to my house anyway) does not even have the crappy peanut butter that only mildly passes as peanut butter.

Its a good thing I'm headed into my old neighbourhood... I know they have some PB there!!

Besides that, things are good. And yes, I know that no pictures have been posted yet. Lo siento. Soon!

Adios, y hasta luego mi amigos!

You'll Hardly Notice the Difference...

As a follow up to "Finding a Replacement", it turns out that while tomato juice is seriously no replacement for our beloved Canadian Clamato, Bloody Mary's are actually not bad.

I'm slowly starting to get used to them.

Just add a lot of lemon, salt and some pepper, along with all the other ingredients of a Caesar, and double to vodka. You hardly notice that it's not Clamato ;)

Getting Back on the Horse

Its been a few days since I've had a chance to write anything, I know, lo siento.

I swear I have a good excuse for not being present in my online life...

I am job hunting. Seriously.

But I have prospects. AND I got one of my old students back... she is wonderful. I cannot wait until our class!

But on to the other things I've been doing.

I'm trying to learn Spanish. Eek. It is only difficult in this city because the best way to learn a language is to fully immerse yourself in it. If you know anything about the people of Spain, it is that most of them speak very quickly, and have a lisp. Its not really a lisp, but they pronounce things as though they do. For example, 'Barcelona' is Barthelona. And 'Vale' (which means 'okay') is pronounced like we would say ballet, with the emphasis on the first syllable.

All of this means that listening to people speak, it is somewhat difficult to pick up on the words you know when they are jumbled in with the words you don't know.

It's only a little frustrating.

And so I'll listen to some more Enrique and Marc Anthony and hopefully it will come. jajaja

Cafe con Leche

I can't even tell you how much I love this coffee.

Barcelona, for some reason, makes the absolute BEST coffee I have ever had. It's espresso and milk (hot milk) and probably some addictive additive because I can't seem to get enough of it. And for those of you who know me, jeez, too much coffee makes Canadia crazy! But it's so tasty, I don't want to stop. And the desserts... Croissants, chocolate croissants, cakes, pastries, wow.. Everything! It's a good thing I joined a gym. Need to combat the sugar intake.

So I sit here at a little cafe near my flat and drink coffee. Seriously, could life be better than this?

Back to my cafe. Enjoy the day lovely friends!