Vicky and I had our day planned out today, but like almost always, it never goes the way we want it to. It started off so well, though. We found a church just about a 30 second walk from our flat and went there for the 11 a.m. service to thank God and ask him to watch over us. Then we got home and started cooking for lunch. The other day, we went to the grocery store and bought some chicken. I wanted to buy the already skinned and cut chicken fillets but Vicky wanted to get a whole chicken since it was a little cheaper. Little did she know that skinning and cutting up a whole chicken gets messy (ha ha Vicky!) So next time, we're going to get the chicken I like and won't have to spend over an hour making rosemary chicken and potatoes with rice =)
We wanted to check out a museum that we live really close to (the one behind the magic fountains) because it's free every first Sunday of the month. Then I checked the hours and found out they close at 2:30. Big bummer =( So I wanted to go to the Labrynth Park which takes about a half hour by metro. We haven't gotten our student passes that gives us unlimited rides for 3 months at a time, so we wanted to get that instead of spending 1.45 euro each time we go somewhere. We were told to go to this other metro stop to get the passes so that's what we did, and once we got off, we had no idea where to go and it was so damn hot down there. We finally find the kiosk only to find it was closed because it's Sunday. We head back to our neighborhood and decide to go to the grocery store to get some more water, butter, ziploc bags, and a broomstick because the broom we have in our flat has the broom head, but not the stick. WTF right? That's only just a small problem with our flat by the way -___- Anyway, it takes us foreverrrrr to find our grocery store, and we've already been there twice, yet we still got lost! And once we found it, it was closed. Of course. Our day just gets better and better.
We get home and we hear our neighbor singing loudly in his flat with no shame. Vicky told me she heard him belt out Til the World Ends when she was in the bathroom so that was pretty funny. He reminded me of David and his singing LOL!!! Then our landlord finally calls us and we explain to him about our problem with bedbugs in 2 of the bedrooms (and maybe even my bedroom) and he tells us he'll come over on Thursday. Vicky said he sounded like he didn't really care and wasn't going to do anything about it when she was speaking with him on the phone, and that got the both of us a little angry, so we went into the rooms and looked for those nasty little bed bugs to take pictures of them and record them moving around the mattress. SO gross! I've never ever seen a bed bug in my entire life and here I was in Barcelona, in my flat that I was so excited about living in, looking at little tiny bed bugs who are probably thirsty for mine and Vicky's blood. Ughhh!!! Our dickhead of a landlord better replace our mattresses, fix our drying machine, and replace 2 of the dining room chairs because I've fallen into them twice already. Blahhhhh. Hope your Sunday is better than my hell of a Sunday.
dang that sucks everything is closed sundays! it should be titled"sunday,fail day" haha reading your last blog reminds me when i first came to china because you never really realize all the little things you need when you move out on your own like bowls or a mop! and also all the chores like laundry, cooking and my most dreaded cleaning! it takes forever and the whole place gets dirty again within a few days. good to hear your living at a place thats close to everything, thats another thing we never really think about because we all had cars in the u.s. haha
ReplyDeleteOh, Michelle. I am SO SORRY about the bed bugs. Your flat does need to be treated, but your landlord should also buy you some encasements if he's not willing to replace the mattresses. All the bugs that are there will be trapped inside and the rest can be treated. The good news is that they're not a health hazard (although it sounds like Vikki may be allergic to their bites?).
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing your adventures!!! It sounds like you need to get used to taking a siesta. That way, by the time you get up again everything will re-open. Or don't they do that in Spain??
Keep your sense of humor, sister. You're making fabulous memories. :)
Lisa: Vicky and I both came really prepared with the stuff we brought over from home. We had laundry detergent and softener, dishwashing soap and scrubbers, plastic wrap, aluminum foil, and food that will last us at least a week so we don't have to eat out as much. The flat has everything we need (pots, pans, cooking utensils, silverware, some cleaning equipment) but we don't want to use it because it kind of looks gross haha. So that's why we've been going to this little shop that this Asian guy owns (who only speak Spanish btw) and we've been buying a bunch of stuff from him because it's cheaper than getting it a grocery store. We're giving him some good business =) And you're right, cleaning and cooking sucks after a while. Our washing machine is tiny. I was planning to do laundry just once a week or every 10 days but it looks like I'll have to do it twice a week =(
ReplyDeleteMs. Page: I reallyyy hope our landlord will do SOMETHING to treat those nasty things because I'm starting to feel bad that Vicky's been sleeping on the couch while I'm sleeping in my queen-sized bed haha!
And yes, most of the small family-owned shops/restaurants here take siestas everyday. It's usually from 1:30-4:30 or 5. We sleep really late and don't get up and out of the house til around 12, so by the time the siestas start, we're both wide awake, looking for things to do, and mostly everything is closed haha. We'll get used to it eventually!