Random stuff

• So we have real big weekend coming up of.......well studying. Maybe I'd forgotten our purpose for being here, but my professor's sure didn't, so we have midterms next week. My friend Jill (who's studying in Florence) is coming and I may see a friend from high school (Brittney) who's currently in Barcelona.
  
• The next four weekends I'll be traveling. Next weekend we'll be in Santiago de Compostela, in Galicia, which is home to the Cathedral of St. James, one of the most famous in all Europe. Another cathedral, yay! Other highlights include a catamaran river trip with drinks and mussels.
  
• I've told some people about this, but my 20 month-old little home-stay "brother" is amazing. His father is in a rock band, wears his hair long, and could very much be a product of the 60s if he were older. Anyway, the kid, Miguel, can identify the Beatles, knows their first and last names, and can also identify Elivis and Marylin Monroe. All this, yet he still sometimes calls me "Andrew," the student who lived here last semester.
  
• Speaking of wow, I was talking to a Spanish person last week, and when I told him I was from Colorado, he told me I had the "look of a cowboy." Words escape me.
  
• I started an "intercambio" (exchange) today, where they basically pair you with a Spanish student and you practice Spanish and they practice English. Alekos is the guy they paired me with. He's originally from Santander, Cantabria and his major is in translation. Should be a fun guy to hang out with.
• I have steady internet now, so I should be able to post with more regularity.