Picking up the Pieces

So today has been uneventful overall so no need in going over boring details there.  I do have a few things that I forgot to post from this weekend so this will be a short blog, but I didn't want to forget again.

First of all, I talked about the image of the Rooster (or translated to Cock) everywhere in Portugal.  Literally, every Portuguese town/city/village had the image of the Barcelos Cock on souvenir items.  I tried to take a picture of the postcard I got so hopefully you can read the legend on it.

If you click on the image, it should take you to a larger file on its own webpage.  That might make it large enough to read.  I really hope it does.

Also, in one of the suburbs of Lisbon I tried something I had never had before.  After I finished my lunch for that day (the strawberry pastry I mentioned yesterday), some of the other students talked about this cherry liquor the had tried.  It was a Euro and you got a small shot of cherry liquor in a chocolate cup.  You drank the first half, and then put the rest (cup and all) in your mouth.  It ended up tasting like a chocolate covered cherry!  I would have bought a bottle because it came with the cups, but I didn't expect chocolate cups to survive the Spanish heat.  Sorry to everyone that was dying to try it ;P


I have failed to mention this up til now, but Dr. Bracci (the civil professor not teaching me) reminds me so much of Mark Bosold!  So, needless to say, I have taken a liking to Dr. Bracci lol.  He is trying to help me get an internship with a Spanish company that has a project in Dallas :)

The last thing I have to write down happened tonight.  I went with my host mom to the neighborhood pool earlier today.  She made sure I knew where to get the key and where it was and that I can go whenever I want.  At dinner, she also said I could bring friends to the pool if I wanted.  My host dad looked kinda confused and then said "This is your home."  Mind you, my host dad doesn't speak English save maybe one or two words at a time.  To hear him say this is my home meant so much to me!  Ah, I could not possibly love my host family anymore!!!

I hope everyone's week is good (now that its half over!) and that the end of the week goes good too.  I love and miss everyone!