El Mercado de Oviedo

Hey everyone!  I felt kinda bad writing so little for the last entry I wrote, but I wasn't really in the mood to write, I guess.  It's not that I have more to say, really, today, but I spent this morning and yesterday morning walking around the market in Oviedo.  My host mom has told me about the market they have on the weekends and she also says that some parts of the market are open on the weekdays too (but they close earlier), but I wasn't expecting to see hundreds of people crawling through the narrow streets of Oviedo!  We've had, like I can't stop mentioning, really really nice weather - 60s and sunny - for a couple weeks now, and this weekend was no exception.  People were out and about, talking, eating, drinking, buying - the "ambiente" that I experienced when I was out walking around with everyone was so wonderful.

Yesterday my host mom brought me to the Archaeological museum of Oviedo, and even though it was pretty cool, I mostly went to get her off my case about going to that museum since every weekend she asks if I want to go.  It was pretty interesting, but basically just a bunch of old tools and ceramic pots that people used hundreds and thousands of years ago.  I mean, that's pretty sweet, but there's only so many little daggers I can look at before it gets redundant...

After we did the museum, she walked me around Oviedo, like she does, and pointed out EVERYTHING, like she does.  We found the market and walked through it - I didn't have my camera on me yesterday and I was very sad, the weather was just so perfect for an outdoors market.  There was also a traveling food market thing that we found, luckily it was also here today, so I was able to take some photos of it (to be uploaded to the food page!).  Anyways, these kinds of things are always better seen than described, after all a picture is a thousand words (and I'm sure you don't want to read a thousand words right now....).

The inside of a church in the center of the old city

A group of bagpipe players

Spring has Sprung!

 When we got back to the apartment, my host mom and I made fajitas and guacamole for lunch. It was one of the first times, if not THE first time, my host mom had eaten tortilla chips and the first time I had ever made guacamole.  Since this food isn't authentic to where I am write now, I decided not to put it in the food blog, but I definitely wanted to show it off!

Anyways, that's all I've got.  Other than the fact that my camera's flash is apparently broken, which I found out only today.  It won't pop up and the camera says that it has an error when it tries to open - I don't use flash often, but how did this happen???  And now my camera is broken :(:(:(:(:(.  Also, my iPad's USB is broken, so it won't charge, so I ALSO have to find a new USB...sigh.  The electronics are revolting.  I better hide my laptop...

¡Hasta Luego!