my sunday :)

well my day ended nicely knowing the vikings won tonight, and also skyping with my bestfriend n sister Kallie. How wonderful :)))
My morning began wonderfully also. I woke about 930am, and had the usual speacial k and milk with a postelleria with Julia. Then, with my workout clothes on, my running shoes, and ipod, i headed over to the beautiful park called la ciudadela kitty-corner and across the street from my house. It is like central park beauty with oodles of trees, sidewalks, and murales..which are tall rock-castle looking structures spread out/built all throughout the park. It is absolutely amazing..b/c they are prob. 100's of years old. There were many people running and walking, soccer practices occuring, and it was just SO wonderful to be out and amongst the native people of Spain in the park. It had been a solid 6 months since i'd taken a run, so those first few strides were a bit awkward, but i found my way :) I was able to go for 10 min intervals b/4 i had to stop and stretch the leg out a bit, but I was SO proud that i could run today..and you will be so happy to know that I haven't had pain in that area at all today.
After i did 3 10 min intervals, i took a walk all around the park--and between the murals..again, it is so hard to describe to you how amazing it looks, so i will have to take pictures to help me describe and show you. During this walk i was thinking about how badly some-day i want to take you here and show you these things! Sometimes it's hard cuz u just wish you could pick up the phone to tell ppl :)) Thank goodness for this!
I did my physical therapy and showered, and then began my studies. Julia made me arroz con pollo (or paella) the TRADITIONAL MOST TRADITIONAL I SHOULD SAY!!) dish in Spain for lunch. It was SO good. then we had banana's for dessert, and i of course had my dark chocolate too.
I studied some more this afternoon, and then at 5pm met up with Robert a concordia alum who studied abroad in Pamplona in the same prog. about 10 years ago here. He met his wife here in pamplona and now lives here, so it was very nice of him to meet up with us and answer or questions. We walked around Casco Viejo and he told us /showed us some hot spots, and also gave us alot of information about the Running of the Bulls! He RUNS with the bulls! i have some cool pics we took tonight i will show you soon.
Then i walked home and watched a cooking show for awhile with Julia. It was very interesting to watch, and it's such good practice to listen i figured that could justify my not studying too much tonight (i didn't have much anyway tho). I was able to skype like i said again and it was so great to see another familiar face from Cord :))) All in all, a good day, and a busy weekend. This week should be much better than last as my classes will be figured out now! I am taking Literatura del siglo XX en espanol, Conversacion en espanol, Traduccion (translation) de ingles a espanol (from english to spanish), Espanol Grammatica, and Civilizacion y cultura hispanica. I have 5 classes in all, so it'll be a busy sem, but it's good for me :) I also started looking for a part-time job today to work as an english tutor for kids. The university has a place you can sign up..so i am keeping my fingers crossed that i can get a paid job so that i have a little extra money for my traveling i'll be doing.
Enjoy the rest of your night. I am off to bed as i have 830am class tomorrow.
All my love,
Lauren