Ain't no stopping us now (we're on a roll!)

As of tonight, I have become a full-fledged meat eater!  I had meat that I really, really enjoyed and I figure that makes me a real meat eater now.

It may be difficult to go back to being a vegetarian after this.  I had forgotten how delicious drumsticks could be!

Today we wandered around Barri Gotic which is the old Gothic quarter of the city.  This is a cool part of the city because there are Roman remains alongside Gothic architecture.  The streets are very narrow (to deal with the hot Mediterranean climate) and there are a lot of small restaurants and shops.  Most of the shops were closed today though because it's Sunday.  (Everything closes on Sundays.  Sarah and I just spent 45 minutes wandering around our neighborhood in search an open place selling chocolate.  We were unsuccessful.  Even the grocery store is closed!!)

Anyway though, here is what Barri Gotic looks like:

I'll put a story in here to go around the pictures so it isn't just empty space.  When we were getting on the bus to go back to our apartment this afternoon, there were about fifteen kids and two adults waiting at the bus stop.  The kids were about six years old and were there for a birthday party.  They were speaking Spanish and German (we think) and we were amazed by how many languages they could speak. 

We all got onto the same bus and we were going along when the mom went up to the bus driver and talked to him for a minute.  Suddenly, the bus was pulling over and the mom picked up the youngest kid who was about three years old and ran off the bus carrying her.  We were watching, wondering what was going on because the rest of their entourage was still on the bus and the bus driver was clearly waiting for them to get back on the bus. 

 We looked out the window and the mother was holding the girl over a tree and the girl was peeing on the tree!  The mother pulled up the little girl's pants and ran back onto the bus where the duo was greeted with hysterical laughter and applause (Sarah).

That's about it for out day.  We start classes tomorrow and the days will start to feel really long and busy.  I go from 9:00 until 5:30 (with a two hour break) on Mondays and Wednesdays and Sarah has class from 10:45 until 7:30.