SHUT UP and dance with me

Ok so I went on some trips this weekend, but that takes some serious dedication and time that I do not have, so instead you will be getting another update on my mundane "normal" Spanish life. But soon I will tell you about my last day trips in Spain.
Sometimes I think my host mother has shown me all of her Spanish food tricks and then I get home and have something completely new. Yesterday for example she fried me some vegetables, eggplant, onion and potatoes that she said were "ecologica" which I assume meant they were organic and then gave me a sunny side up egg and the normal salad that I get everyday. I was a little confused by the fried egg, since it was not anything she had served me before, especially for lunch. Then she proceeded to tell me that the egg was actually for the vegetables and I was supposed to dip my veggies into the egg yolk. I found this especially amusing especially after going to school in PA, where they call the sunny side up a dippy egg, which my roommate for New York was especially irritated at since one time at a diner they only understood her when she ordered a dippy egg. So I guess it's not just for Pennsylvanians any more, the Spanish have dippy eggs too! I'm usually not a huge fan of any sort of liquidness in my eggs but this was actually really good.

We've also had a recent interaction with other Spaniards in that we needed to get our bus passes renewed, since they only lasted a month and we are here for five weeks. It was a little annoying because we didn't think about doing this before, and when I got on the bus in the morning I got the angry red beep instead of the green light when I got on the bus. One thing that I don't know if it's buses everywhere but here you don't swipe your card, you just put in front of a scanner. It was funny because this is how one of my fellow Dickinsonians recognized me because the first time I got on the bus I was looking for a place to swipe it and I didn't understand how it worked. Anyway our director gave us some money but we figured out it would be cheaper to get about 20 rides on our cards instead of paying for each ride individually (10 rides is like 6.20 and each ride when you pay in cash is 1.10 so it's really a great deal). It was really easy to do and we found the place really easily but we did have to wait in line a little bit. I always like being able to complete these kinds of mindless tasks that I wouldn't even think twice about in the States because here it makes me feel like I've accomplished something.

Then on Monday we had tutorias and we went to one of the cafes we often go to. One time awhile ago we actually went to this place called telepizza at the insistence of the boys in the group because it was their anniversary and they were selling pizza for one euro (and later we found out ice cream and soda as well). Usually though we go to more traditional places and this time I got this great lemonade with mint in it and we talked about books because Somia my turtora wanted some suggestions for good books in English. I offered to give her High Fidelity because I had that here and I felt that even though I enjoyed it I didn't need to bring it home and that would save me some weight in my suitcase, but of course the one book I could offer her she had already read!! They were playing a Rufus Wainright album in the cafe, Poses, which is one I have, so that was a little strange to hear.

Today is the festival of San Juan, which from my interblag reading and from what people have told me is bonfires on the beach and people wash their face and feet at midnight to purify themselves. My professor also said that sardines are what people eat. Down the beach from us there are supposed to be some concerts, so I am very excited for tonight. Somia is also very excited because she said in the past the festival has always correlated with the day before exams for the students so no one really felt like going out so I am happy that I can do both.

Another exciting event, that the guys in my group are more interested in than I am, is that the US is playing Spain in soccer on Wednesday. They joke though that if they are out in the centro watching the game they are very likely to get into a fight.

My Malaga part of the trip is coming to a close, which makes me sad. I will certainly be glad to be done with classes but I will miss my family here, the beach and all my friends. I am so excited to see my parents and travel a bit more with them...