Today I went to the market for the first time since January! My roommate Lewis and I decided to go after some late morning errands. Our excursion to the market was manned by another “pleasant” (sarcasm) encounter with a “lady of the night” (even though it was 1 in the afternoon). This time I was referred to as, and I quote “chocolate mmmmmm” and Lewis was “blondie”. I tried to ignore her but the “lady” sensing my lack of attention proceeded to gain my attention the best way she knew how: after calling me “chocolate mmmmm” she latched onto my chest and rubbed it…needless to say I frantically shrugged her off and ran. I still have not figured out why I am such a “target”, Lewis was walking with me how come she didn’t accost him?!
I can’t believe that I have not been going to the market regularly but for whatever reason I just have not thought to do so. Initially I figured that I would frequent the market during my spare time. Another thing that I assumed I would be doing more of is eating paella! I have surprisingly only had the dish one time since I have been here and that was all the way back during my trip to Valencia (the birthplace of paella). Going through the market today was a nice change of pace; I didn’t buy anything but just browsing at all of the fresh food was enjoyable…almost everything looked appetizing. In the seafood section there was this one vendor who had huge piles of lobsters and crabs on ice. The lobsters were still “kicking”, literally, so I knew they were fresh and the smell of the crabs reminded me of home. I had no idea what type of crabs they were, they were not blue crabs…they were huge with a brown shell and black spots…maybe a bull crab???
After my little journey through the market I came back to the room annnnnnnnnnnnnnd….completed my paper for materials class! Woohoo! Now the only papers I have left are the joint paper for CEC (this one needs to be 15 pages but it has to include pictures and diagrams) and the paper on my independent travel/studies to Stuttgart (shout out to the Masters family). Everything is slowly coming to an end…our last materials class is this coming Thursday, our last CEC and field studies classes are this Tuesday and Wednesday; Kathrin is even inviting us to her “flat” (house/apartment) for champagne and a final celebration! I did not get any studio work accomplished…still perplexed/frustrated but I accomplished other work, tomorrow is devoted solely to studio work and no encounters with a prostitute!
On a side note the office ladies in RESA complemented me on my Spanish today...they said I was getting better with speaking it!
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