Sunday, January 24, 2010

Camborio y Cordoba

Friday night and yesterday were interesting. Friday night we met up at 11 and went to Chupeteria. Nicole and Kathleen didn't come because Kathleen was really sick and Nicole wasn't feeling great either. We didn't stay long because no one was there so we went to a bar down the street. Then Megan, Liz, and I took a cab up to Camborio although I would have much rather walked but Megan wore her high boots.
The place itself was pretty sweet. It's like in a cave and you can see the Alhambra all lit up. It cost 6 euro to get in but that included either 5 chupitos or a bigger drink. We got there around 1 but no one really shows up until 2 we found out. Haha buuut oh well. Once people showed up it was a lot of fun! I mostly just danced by myself or with the french boys. There were other creepy guys that weren't in our group but I tried to stay away from them or get help getting away when I needed to.
Megan was way gone by the time she left - she'd been drinking during the afternoon and with us. So Liz, Jessica, Nick, and I walked home around 5. It was a nice walk back but that could've been due to the amount of alcohol we'd had.. hmm.
So we got home around 5:30 but didn't go to bed until sometime after 6. I downed a bottle of water, Liz drunk-dialed her boyfriend, and we went to bed. Liz did not feel good at all yesterday. I had a minor headache but she was definitely hungover. So I took care of her as best I could and so did senora once she figured out what the problem was.

Obviously we stayed in last night. We've been getting a constant wi-fi signal from someone else so that's been a blessing! Plus thanks to that, I got my mom's message about skyping after lunch otherwise I probably would've missed it since we slept in so late.
This morning I had to get up around 7 and scarf down my breakfast, grab my lunch from senora, and head out the door. Met up with Nicole and we went to meet up with Sarah and Jessica to find the place where the bus would be. The ride to Cordoba was alright except everyone was tired and the CLM teacher that came with us talked on and off during it with information.
We went to Madinat al-Zahra first but the actual site is under construction so we just saw some artifact things from it. Then we went to visit a synagogue, took a break for lunch, and went to the Mezquita/mosque. That was sweet and our teacher explaining things helped a lot. We walked around more with her afterwards then had half an hour before needing to meet to go to the bus. We left at 4:45, stopped for snacks/bathroom and got back at like 7:15.

I'm determined this week to figure out how to do this whole eating less thing. Tomorrow I want to see how eating only 2 pieces of toast in the morning with an apple later on goes. Then just eat a lot slower at meals and not eat it all. She'll get the point eventually and if she asks why, I'll tell her it's because I lost a lot of weight this last year and don't plan on gaining it all back. But since I usually scarf my food down, it would seem like I just don't like it if I don't eat it all.
Kathleen and Liz want to start running with me. Which.. I dunno we'll see. It could be good or bad. I've never had a steady work-out buddy so it could be nice and maybe we could motivate each other. Or they could slow me down. We'll see..

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