Después de Dos Meses

Thanks family for the bday gift!

In the past two weeks not much has happened.  Actually, my birthday passed on November 12th.  It wasn't on the scale of the birthdays I had in the past, but it was still nice to celebrate with people that I didn't even know 2 months prior.  We went to our favorite restaurant El Tronco, the tree rulo de cabra or goat cheese.
trunk, for a birthday dinner.  I got my new favorite meal: Goat Cheese and Caramelized Onions.  I had told people that my favorite cheese was Brie, but it has since changed to

If you need anymore proof that my life hasn't changed too much since I've gotten here, I watched the complete Breaking Bad series...in English.  My friends here had all watched it and told me that it was incredible, so I finally gave in and watched in a week and a half.  It was totally worth it.  It's an incredible story that they express flawlessly. Vale la pena, it's worth it to watch.

Something out of the ordinary, is that because I am living with a French roommate, we have started making crepes...a lot. In one week period we probably had three days of crepes.  That's how I'm expanding my international horizons: through eating international food. I furthermore got a haircut where I only told the stylist that I wanted to look more European.  The outcome definitely is European and it is a style I would never have had in the states.  See it there on the left? And yes, I do need to use hair gel everyday now.

The friends I celebrated my birthday with

Also, Badajoz is having a Fería de Tapas, or a festival of tapas.  If you remember my trip to Granada at all, you will remember that I talked incessantly about tapas.  There, they were included in the already cheap drink price.  Here, and in almost all other places, they are not.  They cost a few Euros on top of the price of the beer.  For this special festival, local bars cowe vote for the best one.  There is even a chance to win 500 €! It's great.  So far, my favorite one was at Taberna Bigote.  It was like a briscuit with a black raspberry sauce on top.  Surprisingly delicious!
mpete to make the best tapa.  The tapa is also cheaper than usual being only 2€!

Finally, Christmas comes early in Spain.  They have no holidays between Halloween and Christmas (Halloween excluded), so they prepared for Christmas in the beginning of November.  Right now there are lights strewn around the city and the teachers want me to prepare a powerpoint on Christmas for the class.  I'm definitely showing them this picture of Finley's XMas gift from last year:

But overall, things are going fine.  I'm trying to go to Lisbon next month, but I haven't found people to go with yet.  I'll let you know if I end up going!

Fountain that changes colors in the center of Badajoz