Spring

It's so warm in Valencia you'd swear it's springtime. I think today we reached temperatures of over 20°C! As I am a person that the spanish call 'friolera' (it means I am often cold), this is a true blessing! Today after lunch I just sat outside for half an hour soaking up the sun! Look at Lena and me having lunch outside in t-shirts! I'm sorry that I keep going on and on about the weather, I know, I'm a grandma and a bore, but I can't help thinking every day again and again how wonderful this is!

For the rest, not much exciting news, as the final exams are approaching, I spend my days in the library, studying, like most of my fellow students. The library is so crowded that it's difficult to find a place. And you have to know that this library is everything but small. Also, all those brains working at full speed in confined spaces produce an enormous lot of heat, so the library feels like a sauna! It's incredibly hot in there! But again, as I've told you, I'm 'friolera', so I don't mind the heat.

A lot of people are skipping class in order to have more time to study. Today was the last class of economia agraria... and I was the ONLY student in the classroom! The professor and I ended up having an interesting conversation about linguistic and cultural issues in Europe and especially about the difference between Flemish and Dutch vs. the difference between Valencian and Catalan. I love that the professors are so open and communicative here. I can hardly imagine myself having such a conversation with a professor in Leuven, and I'm really sorry for that, in fact. Going abroad really opens your eyes and shows you that things can be different and that there needn't be such a thing as an age gap. Or am I just saying that because I am getting old myself...? :-D