Malaga

This weekend and friend and I took off to Malaga for two nights. We stayed in this great hostel right down by the beach and luckily it was t-shirt weather so we took advantage. I definitely want to go back once its real beach weather. We ended up meeting 2 Australians and hung out with them for most of the time.  We walked around the city for a while and last night we found a bar that was playing the Barcelona vs Real Madrid game. Barcelona won 3-1! Over all it was a great trip but I only have a few pictures due to complications with the memory card on my camera.

Puente #1

So this week I've had already five days off, I had work today, and then I have another four days off. I literally don't know what to do with myself. I may take a trip up to Madrid for the next couple days, but it depends on whether or not I'm going to see Red Hot Chili Peppers in Madrid next week. They are celebrating the equivalent of our independence day here, Dia de la Constitucion. I have seven classes left until Christmas break, I feel like I'm ripping off the spanish government this month because they're paying me about 70 euros (about $100) a day this month.
This past weekend a few friends and I went to a town outside Jaen called Linares to go Bowling. We debated whether or not to take the bus, we wanted to walk from the train station even though we had no idea where the center of town was. It was a good thing we took the bus because a. we started walking the wrong way and b. it would have been a solid hour of walking up hill on roads like this...

It was a pretty view though...

And then we got to bowling and I think I bowled 3 or 4 strikes. Our team was on fire!

Belgium is awesome

Me and two friends went to Brussels this weekend and had an amazing time. We only got one day to walk around the city and then on Saturday night we went to a music festival. I would love to go back and spend more time there. The people were really nice and the beer was some of the best I've ever had.

Some more cuteness

Today was one of my students birthday so he brought in a cake and we had a little party for him. He's turning three, so adorable.

Juande, the birthday boy!

Also..

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!! 

I'm looking forward to a skype session with the family :)

bodylooks

Got my hair did at a salon called bodylooks. Its right near my piso and I was a little nervous because I had no idea if they were any good or not. It took 3 hours but it ended up coming out nice and it was only 50 euros for full highlights, a cut and wash and dry. I took a picture while I was waiting for the highlights to set in.

1 trabajando y 2 mirando

So these guys came to the school today to fix the cracks in the cement stairs we have on the patio. One of the teachers looks over to the other one and says, "clasico, 1 trabajando y 2 mirando". Which means 'classic, 1 working and 2 watching'. Apparently this is a common saying in Spain, I wonder why the economy is doing so bad...

Also, just wanted to give a shout out to my dear Mother today. Love you!

I just want to be a resident so I can do resident things with my friends!

Today I went to the foreigners office to finish up the rest of my resident card paperwork. Since I had to take the whole day off from work to do this I took a picture of my number

And then I took a picture of the surprisingly stereotypical looking gypsy sitting next to me...