Belgian weather

Dear people,

I'm so glad everyone is massively leaving comments on my blog! It makes me very happy to know people actually read it! Thank you all! But one little thing: unless you really insist on it, please don't leave anonymous comments, or at least don't ask me questions in anonymous comments, because then I don't know to whom I have to answer. You can -optionally- fill in your name when you post a comment. For the name to appear, you must select 'other'.

So, to the person who wished me luck with my presentation today, which I suspect was Mom: thanks! I did my best and I think it wasn't bad, though the other presentations were way better... Darn it, I'm only learning here, right?

To the person who said "Do you know many barça players are Brazilians?" I say: indeed! So barça is capable of evoking a mild interest from my part when it comes to football. Seeing Ronaldinho play is fantastic!

To the person who asked me whether I have cut my hair: I have cut it in August, so apparently I haven't seen you since then, but the change wasn't really radical or anything. I'm planning to check out a Spanish hairdresser one of these days too... If I make radical coif changes, I'll take a picture of myself and post it! But if you are referring to the picture on the post, that is not me, but my friend Cécile! (In that case you really haven't seen my in a very long while!)

Yesterday my friends from Leuven, Nivard and Karen, arrived for a three-day visit! Unfortunately, they have brought Belgian weather with them... On the bus to the airport to pick them up, the sun was shining, and on the way back, clouds arrived and when we emerged from the metro, the sky was overcast and grey! This is really not fair: I had been boasting about the great weather here all week and exactly when they arrive, autumn seems to undertake a new attempt to conquer Spanish weather... But well, we'll enjoy ourselves anyway!

So yesterday afternoon we took a stroll in the city centre and I showed them the main monuments and sites. We drank Agua de Valencia, the famous cocktail I have told you about, with orange juice, and ate tapas on Plaza de la Reina. But at 10pm, we were all so tired, well, especially my guests after their journey, that we decided to watch a movie at my apartment. Nivard and Karen, who know I have become a Jane Austen fan after seeing the Pride and Prejudice movie a zillion times (without ever having read a book of hers, shame on me), gave me the dvd of Sense and Sensibility, so my Jane Austen movie collection expands! :-) As we were watching the movie, my flatmates walked by, took one look at the tv screen and rolled with their eyes, sighing... Boys will be boys, eh? But more importantly: girls will we girls and girls like romantic movies set in the 18th century! :-D

Today, I had to go to class, unfortunately, to present the paper I have written with Lena for Economia Social. There was no getting out of it, so I gave Nivard and Karen a map and detailed explanations of how to get to the Ciudad de las Artes y de las Ciencias. They are currently visiting the Oceanographic, the biggest aquarium of Europe, and I'm going to make sandwiches and meet them there for a picknick. Hm, I think the boiled eggs are ready. I have to get going!