Day 32 - No more Spanish!

I've decided not to continue on in Spanish school as it was too taxing on my brain.  And, the last thing I wanted by coming here was to be mentally drained.  I have two more weeks of school that I paid for so I might convert that to private one-on-one lessons for one week.  I'm not sure yet.  I've done better at the local English pub than I have in class so I'm not convinced it is the right course for me.

It was at the pub last night that the camarero (bartender) reminded me that I have only really started to learn Spanish in the past month and that I'm doing very well.  However, at 43 (soon to be 44), it's hard to sit in class and take in everything.  Also, I realize I didn't come to Spain to learn Spanish but to spend time with Philip.  I was doing school as a way to occupy myself.  But, again, it was more work than fun.  So, now I'm playing Facebook games until he gets done in the early afternoon =)

I'm missing many things about the U.S.  First, I had to go on a major search for a drip coffee maker.  The only coffee you can find here is some form of espresso.  As the Italian girl in my class stated, "Es no espresso en Italia!  Es cafe!"  However, I had brought 10 pounds of Starbucks with me (not realizing there is a Starbucks on every major corner here as well) so it had to be used.  It was like heaven opened the pearly gates the first day I had real "American" coffee.  Apparently, no where else in the world do they serve drip, brewed coffee.  The guy that we are renting the room from calls it "agua sucio" which translates to "dirty water".  This is coming from someone that drinks tea every morning!  sigh!

Philip and I are thinking of going to Segovia this weekend and seeing the Roman aqueducts and other relics.  I'll keep everyone posted on whether we make it or not.

Ciao!