This is the view when you walk in the front door to the right of you. It looks sorta dark, but it's a very bright room actually. Remember it came furnished. And yes momma, the tree came with it, which I need to water by the way.
This is the dining area. If you look at the first picture, you can see the TV in the left corner. Well, to get an idea of space, the TV is right outside of the right side of this photo. We also took down that disgusting painting on the wall and put that vase with the leaves in it in a more central spot against the wall.
And now my blog is acting funny, so this caption is below instead of above... This is the couch that I love so. I use the one on the left as a Gilmore Girls viewing station and I prop the DVD player up in a cubby hole in front of it and stretch out. I use the one on the right as a Sex and the City viewing station and put the laptop on the table in front of me. And yes, that last seat on the right is a chez lounge (sp?) and it reclines!Behind the orange wall is the kitchen, which is cool too and when you come in the door, if you go left you go down a hall with two bathrooms on the right , a bedroom on the left and two more at the end of the hall. So, plenty of room, come visit!!!
Other than the apartment, I'd like to show you "the tower" that's in my neighborhood. I live in the middle of a bunch of apartment buildings. It's not very pretty, but charming with all the tiny businesses set beneath the homes. This building, in the picture below is called "the tower" here because it's bigger than the rest. It reminds me of Howl's moving Castle with all the rooms jutting out, only supported by beams.
And now, a food antecdote. This is our first meal in the apartment...
We thought the stove would work, since we just moved in and all. and it started to, but then got lazy and stopped in mid pasta cook. We tried putting some weird bbq spice thing we had on it to distract from the chalky film the pasta left in our mouths, but that only made it worse. So, goodbye pasta. The stove works now, but not the oven.Another bit on food... Iñaki's Abuela Bene made some flan the other day and sent some over in a jar for me to try. So, at dinnerr that night I split it up onto two plates and was all set to bring it out for dessert. I don't know if you know much about flan, but it's a custard that jiggles a lot and has a very slippery sauce on it. Well, I grabbed the two plates and started to walk out to the livingroom when I heard, "splat!" I looked down and between my feet lay a pile of flan jiggling away and my hand held one empty plate and another about to empty itself. Iñaki just weent all quiet out in the dining room and then fiercly dove for my purse to find my camera as I shrieked no! He hadn't even seen me yet, the noise of flan hitting the floor is so distinct that he knew what happened immediately. I got it cleaned up before he got the pic.
So, a lesson in flan inertia. Since flan is pretty much always in motion, jiggling and andulating, it does not ever want to stop. I can totally respect that as I myself like to shimmy and shake from time to time. Just remember, flan is a bowl food. Sadly, I don't recommend it. The texture is just too raw egg in spit sauce.
Tomorrow is my one year anniversary of living in Spain. I can't believe it's been a year, still. Since I already did a bit of a reflection blog I think this is more of a top 10 moment. So, here are my top 10 need to know items when you come to live in Spain...
10) As previously stated, flan is a bowl food.
9) Spain and Navarra are two highly different things.
8) Learn the difference between "tengo calor" and "estoy caliente" quickly. If you say the first, a gentleman may offer to take your coat, with the second, a not so gentleman may offer to take off your bra.
7) Spanish people are not Mexican.
6) George Clooney's Spanish voice is not as sexy as his own.
5) The words "coño" and "joder" have totally different meanings in Spanish than what we might think if translating them the English literally.
4) If you are asked to dinner, plan on getting home around 5... A.M.
3) Never turn down a dinner invitation because it's the experience of a lifetime.
2) If you smoke already, great, if not you will because of all the second hand you'll be consuming.
1) Sidra does not taste like cider.
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