Today I woke up almost completely exhausted from yesterday at Aranjuez. I woke up early to go to school and meet a few other people and Kieren and Sian to go to El Rastro. El Rastro is an enormous flea market that happens every Sunday morning. We jumped on the metro and headed over.
On the way over I was talking to Kieren because he went to Valencia to see the giant festival. He said that the minute he got off the bus on Friday there were little kids throwing firecrackers at him. So not cool. He couldn't get over the parents lighting these big firecrackers and then handing them to their children to throw into the street. He said it took him a long time to get use to the noise and stop jumping every time a firecracker went off by his feet. On that note I was so happy that I didn't go because I would not be able to handle it. I would be a nervous wreck by the time I got home.
When we got to the market I realized just how giant it really is. It is a type of swap meet like anywhere else but it takes place throughout a big neighborhood. The booths are set up on the tiny, winding streets up and down steep hills and it seems to go on forever. We walked around for a few hours until we figured we'd since a good majority and headed home.
I tried to study during the afternoon and got a little bit done. Finally as it was getting late a few of us decided to go grab some dinner. My roommate's boyfriend was there as well and he was getting hungry so he came with us, while she took a shower. We went to a little place on the corner called El Mundo Kebab. Here we got some shaved lamb sandwiches and a couple of drinks. It was very good and after a while we headed back home.
We spent the rest of the night putting off writing our English essay and talking to each other.
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