Here comes the rain again

It´s funny what a profound effect the weather can have on one´s day. Woke up at 10:30 this morning, made some kick-ass toast (finally!), and was off to the center to meet up for our last day excursion to el Museo de bellas artes (Fine Arts Museum). We got there around noon and found out that we actually were supposed to meet at the museum. Damn language comprehension mishaps. The museum was quite a ways´away, it took about 20 minutes to get there. It was raining, and my pants, which are too long (of course) were soaked at the bottom consequently causing my mesh shoes to soak through. My socks were sopping wet. It was pretty miserable. We finally got the museum. It´s a very nice museum, it´s an old church, I believe. The artwork is all Spanish, with some other various European artists. The works are organized chronologically, and mostly religious depictions. They were very good, very fascinating. I took some pics of some paintings I really loved...my favorite was a picture of the Virgin Mary depicted as a very large, substantial diety with her arms stretched out to her sides so that that cloak she wears looks like a cape. A bunch of men kneel at her sides, they appear smaller and submissive, as if taking cover under Mary´s wing. At her feet lie many different flowers, accented by large, pastel pink roses. It´s quite stunning, and very empowering. Cuz, ya know, all women should be bowed down to like that! Oh yeah. I really enjoyed the museum...you know me and the visual arts. We´re best friends forever. I really enjoyed the 18th and 19th century paintings because they reminded me of Prof. Willette´s class. Then we walked home. It was seriously the worst walk ever. My shoes were so wet that there were puddles in my shoes. I was cold, wet, tired, and starving. It was an hour long walk home! It seemed like we would never make it. Well, we did. I changed asap and rushed to the lunch table. Oh man, after that, lunch was such a religious experience. We had cauliflower-potatoes-caramelized onions au gratin with some sort of ham thing on the side. It was so delicious, we ate so much and so fast. Stacey had 3 helpings! It was amazing. After lunch I ate a lot of chocolate. Note to self: never bring chocolate home, it´s dangerous. Then we got dressed, headed to the center to do some computer stuff. We met up with Katie at the center, to whom I described her silly antics. She was pretty embarrassed and apologetic, we told her not to worry about it and that it happens to the best of us. Around 6pm the three of us left to do some major shopping since, well, we needed some bitchin' outfits for Madrid. Yes, Lisa has a shallow side at times. I bought the most amazing scarf at MaxMara...it was on sale for 30euro, but I just couldn't resist. It's big, bulky, and purple with blue and gold flecks. It's fantastic. Then we spent over an hour at H&M where I spent 43euro on 5 pieces of clothing, not bad! I got some shirts, a vest, a shrug sweater, and a brown corduroy hat (woot woot!). We kept searching for cute, cheap boots, to no avail. Damn Spain and their high quality shoes! We then walked back, which took a bit of time, but it actually turned out to be a pretty nice night. Oh man, my legs and feet were so tired from all of the walking that I did today, and I was so hungry. It's so easy to work up an appetite here with the large amount of walking and large gap between meals...no wonder the Spaniards invented tapas! For dinner we had cooked green beans, which were pretty similar to what we'd have in the states except instead of cooking with butter and salt, they're cooked with olive oil. They were so good, and much healthier than the buttered type. Hey, Mom, start preparing veggies with olive oil from now on! We also had cheeseburgers. I have not eaten a cheeseburger since I can remember. It was quite an experience, and quite delicious...I must admit, one of the main things I missed upon becoming a vegetarian was hamburgers. These burgers had some different spices and such in them which made them quite tastey and unique. After dinner I ate another row of chocolate (I'm never buying chocolate bars again) and watched some Spanish TV and internetted for awhile. Did a whirlwind of packing and was in bed by midnight. I was so majorly pumped for Madrid, I anticipated a weekend of pure, hedonistic, INSANITY!