8:53 p.m.
Things have been running smoothly this week, despite MORE cold rain. Good classes, several delightful dates with my bombero, and more interaction with the city and its inhabitants. One such interaction was a particularly rousing conversation with an older gypsy woman with no teeth in a bar we frequent for tapas. However during our conversation, unbeknownst to me, her darling gypsy toddler was stealing my cellphone. We discovered this right after they made their hasty exit, but it was too late. Soooooo that happened. Afterwards we (Caz, Robert and I) made our way to the Plaza Trinidad to meet some others for a pool tournament. It was a blast, and I'm pretty sure our team won!!! (if only by default in every single game).
Today was phenomenal- (SUNSHINE!!!) all of the students and most of the teachers went to Antonio's country home to pick olives (acetunas!) This was a process that involved laying nets down, then taking giant 15 foot poles and whacking the branches as hard as possible. Afterwards, we would sort through the nets and pull out all of the greenery and go through and handpick all of the remaining olives from the tree (which occasionally led to me climbing up to the tops). Afterwards all of the olives went into
buckets and sacks to be taken to be pressed into oil (Acite). We worked for most of the day taking snack breaks for tostadas and then a phenomenal lunch of rice paella with conejo (rab
bit) and an incredibly tasty tomato/acite/oregano concoction. The house had the most amazing view! We could clearly see all of the Sierra Nevadas and miles and miles
of other vineards and olive groves. Unbeliveably breathtaking! We all left feeling fantastically full and happy and exhausted. Tonight Robert, Caroline, Anita and I are making tacos and partaking in a gallon jug of red wine.
SABES QUE.....
That a forest fire traveling up a hill moves 60 TIMES faster than a fire on flat ground?
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