This morning, I walked to the market in Gros (a neighborhood across the river) to meet up with some friends. It's a small market that rotates between four sites each weekend of the month. There are a few farmers who sell veggies, a person selling sausages and some other meats, several cheesemongers, and a couple of people selling baked good. We strolled around the market and a newly opened playground and then stopped to have some coffee on the terrace of a cafe. The whole morning struck me as very Spanish because I wasn't in a hurry at all on my 45 minute walk to meet my friends. Then we had a relaxing couple of hours at the market just sitting, talking and people watching. I stopped by the grocery store on the way home and got enough food for the week, I think. I did a bit of window shopping since I'm trying to decide what to wear for the wedding Puerto Rico (I leave a week from Tuesday for Bilbao! Cannot wait!!!!). I have a couple of options, but wouldn't mind something new.
I'm home for a relaxing afternoon and then I'm meeting up for a drink and some pintxos out on a terrace tonight. I might go upstairs to work on the blanket I'm making. It's getting so big that I won't be able to take it on my flight to Puerto Rico, I don't think. I'll have to find another project to take.
Next weekend, both of my closest friends here will be out of town (and I'll be getting ready to leave), so I'm sure it will be a slow, relaxing weekend. I'm trying to re-do my website for work since Northwestern is shutting down my access in June, so maybe that will be next weekend's project!
Since I'm getting ready to fly, I need suggestions for tv shows and movies to download (rent) through iTunes for my long travel days and books for my iPad and Nook. Any ideas?
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