sábado, 25 de junio de 2011
sábado, 18 de junio de 2011
Madrid - "the most Spanish of all cities"
Apparently one of Hemingway's favorite cities in the world was Madrid. I feel like I vaguely knew that he spent time here way back when, but either way, I thought this NY Times article was interesting.
On a more or less entirely different note, the other night we had an end-of-the-year party celebration at school with our program coordinator, professors, and staff. There are a good amount of us staying next year to teach and some even to translate, but it's going to be weird not seeing some of these people again. Coming from a university with a near 5000-student undergraduate class, being in a program of 23 people is a huge difference for me. It's had its ups and downs in terms of size, but overall it's been a good ten or so months.
That's pretty much it. The thesis is in the final stages (aka editing, writing a conclusion, formatting), so that's pretty much all that's in store for the final two weeks of June. Hasta entonces.
On a more or less entirely different note, the other night we had an end-of-the-year party celebration at school with our program coordinator, professors, and staff. There are a good amount of us staying next year to teach and some even to translate, but it's going to be weird not seeing some of these people again. Coming from a university with a near 5000-student undergraduate class, being in a program of 23 people is a huge difference for me. It's had its ups and downs in terms of size, but overall it's been a good ten or so months.
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| Everyone, including some of our professors |
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| Everyone with our program coordinator. |
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| With our program coordinator. |
That's pretty much it. The thesis is in the final stages (aka editing, writing a conclusion, formatting), so that's pretty much all that's in store for the final two weeks of June. Hasta entonces.
sábado, 4 de junio de 2011
jueves, 2 de junio de 2011
La Plaza de Solución
Well, it's been about two and a half weeks since the protests started here on May 15th, and as far as I can tell there is no projected end in sight. I'm horrible with understanding most things political, so I can't give a very good account of what's been going on, but I think the wiki article gives a good, broad summary. It's an interesting time to be in Spain.
I live a couple of miles from the center, so I actually hadn't been over to the Plaza del Sol, where people are still camped out (literally, with tents). I was in the area today, so I decided to walk through and take a look. It's not exactly the prettiest of sights but it's also not as dirty as the news has been claiming. I was probably also there at a relatively quiet time; not a whole lot was going on. I'm really curious to know how much - if at all - the protests are being covered in the news in the US. I haven't seen much on the NY Times online, and the fact that no one from home has mentioned it to me or asked me about it makes me think there's not a whole lot, but I obviously can't watch the news on tv.
I live a couple of miles from the center, so I actually hadn't been over to the Plaza del Sol, where people are still camped out (literally, with tents). I was in the area today, so I decided to walk through and take a look. It's not exactly the prettiest of sights but it's also not as dirty as the news has been claiming. I was probably also there at a relatively quiet time; not a whole lot was going on. I'm really curious to know how much - if at all - the protests are being covered in the news in the US. I haven't seen much on the NY Times online, and the fact that no one from home has mentioned it to me or asked me about it makes me think there's not a whole lot, but I obviously can't watch the news on tv.
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| Entrance to the metro, covered in signs and posters |
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| "Now or never" |
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| "There isn't enough bread for so much chorizo" |
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| "Something beautiful is sprouting" |
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| Reactions to high unemployment rates |
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| So many posters |
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Plaza de ‘Sol’ución
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