On a Sunday like this ... I'm walking through the park to have a little blown away by this strange week. For I'm not even in the "Retiro Park", but in the "Campo del Moro" (1 photo) with impressive views of the Royal Palace. This park was empty because it can only be achieved very complicated, but worth it! There is a mysterious forest and I have even seen a wonderful tame peacocks. Strangely, the week was because I lived a whole day, namely Monday, Uni had. On Tuesday, my professor had no time on Wednesday was English Constitution Day, on Friday was the celebration of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin and then a long weekend on Thursday filed. During this Puente (bridge) across Spain and Madrid was on the road was still more crowded than usual I used the time to catch a cold myself. What does catch a cold, so with just hurt all the back of the head, even my teeth and my fingernails, and eventually all be demolished, which was of course the worst of everything, O) or better "is" because this is all about the mountain I still somehow am not. Fortunately, I had but to a doctor because I've heard about horror stories! If you would like an appointment, you have closest to the "Centro de Salud" and then you get one later for four weeks. A private treatment costs as faster around 300 € and I know girls who simply by the doctor could, because they have broken out in tears of despair. Well, I've also geschohnt but not enough: on Wednesday I was with Edith because she had invited to celebrate St. Nicholas on German Art. I bought gingerbread and marzipan stollen at Lidl and Edith made herself, mulled wine and shared the homemade cookies her mother. Sorry, I forgot the memory card of my camera and so there is no visual documents of this fun gathering. On Friday I was in the ballet "Coppélia" (3rd photo) and it was so so nice. I want to be a prima ballerina, O) and Dorethy from the Wizard of Oz and Holly Golightly and ... O) Then I've now finally a tandem partner care, Tandem means you go onto a bilingual wheel speaks in both languages and korregiert each other. Behind the label in the university hid Jupiter (after the Roman god, not the planet!) O) and I have learned a lot that night (2nd photo, our distinguishing feature, he wore his scarf around his head and I this cap) eg in the Madrid suburb where he lives, a street "Calle AC / DC" means. Named after the band, the government is comfortable there very funny. The Christmas market here is terribly disappointing the way: the Plaza Mayor is full of novelties stands together with Nativity (previously I've always thought it would be "flu "...) So with nothing to stand comfortably together, the Spaniards now there just wigs for the whole family and indeed in the most unimaginable colors and shapes, which they then on New Years Eve and to some extent already present. Jesus, the Christmas season always puts me in a state of stress postitive: twinkles everywhere and it smells and the coming together of people has always been something festive! I'm excited as a little girl and I notice that the eczema is noticeable. It bugs me that many Spaniards keep sneezing and coughing without having to hand over her mouth, but this need not be full in a Metro! I could also imagine, I am here because of this anger mounted so! ... O) But mir begegnet hier nach wie vor auch viel Schönes: es freut mich, dass ich noch immer die Wäsche auf der sonnigen Terasse trocknen kann und das ich in meinem Viertel vom Blumenhändler und Obstverkäufer gegrüßt werde. In einer Großstadt lebt man doch wie in einem Dorf in seinen Straßen! Interessant ist auch, bei einem Auslandsaufenthalt zu sehen, wie lang eigentlich was hält: ich beginne nun meine dritte Zahnpastatube und das Kakaopulver ist beim nächsten Benutzen leer. Also, ich wünsche eine entspannte Vorweihnachtszeit und verbleibe bis in einer Woche! (Vorschau: Besuch des großartigen Pauls und der fabelhaften Antje)
Wort zum Sonntag: "El turrón"- das Nougat. Spaniens Weihnachtspezialität. Verpackt wie eine dicke Schokolade gibt es den turrón in hart oder weich in diversen Geschmacksrichtungen.