No school today, so I slept in! My roommate was out late last night so she did not get up until about 10 am. She had to get her apartment keys back to the Hotel Indigo (quite a ways down the Gran Via) and get to Girona for a flight at 4pm. The Girona airport is about an hour away from Barcelona. We chatted a bit and then she was on her way. I doubt if I will have anyone else move in with me during this last week I have class. I guess I will know if the cleaning lady shows up tomorrow.
I had an early morning chat with Mark McCullough on Facebook until he had to go to work and I needed coffee. There was no coffee in the apartment so I had to go out either to buy some more or to drink some! When I went out, all the stores were closed for Good Friday, so I had coffee out.
I took my usual walk today and ended up in the neighborhood where my travelling group will gather for the last days in Barcelona. I am in touch with my sister-in-law to plan the particulars of their arrival. She and my brother are flying in from Germany on April 15. The apartment we will stay at is a bit out of the way and we are weighing taxi costs with public transportation. For convenience a taxi usually wins, but when you weigh the costs, sometimes you don't mind pulling your suitcase for a couple of blocks. We will have to see how it works out.
My husband is due in Barcelona two weeks from today. He has been printing out the cruise documents and gathering together everything he needs to bring. I can't decide if I will ask him to bring me anything. I think that the items I missed earlier on will not matter to me by the time he gets here. I imagine he will be fighting jet lag the first few days and that is why I had him arrive before my brother and sister-in-law. He has been reading up on Barcelona and the cruise and is worried about pickpockets. I have been out and about a lot and had no problem and no one else at school had any problem except for poor Yudi, our new Chinese student. He has been robbed twice on the metro. They took his shoulder bag each time, once with his Spanish textbooks in it. I read somewhere that the pickpockets target oriental students, so that sounds like it is true. I do wear my purse slung over my neck and either under my jacket or around my front just for this reason. (I know, I know, I am a fashion goddess!)
I have three of my libraries lined up for visits and will try to do two more. I am afraid I have left the arrangements later than I should have, so I hope I can get them scheduled. I hope the librarians I am talking with don't go through too much trouble.for me. One has a whole day planned, meeting with other librarians and touring around. I am a bit apprehensive. I am not that entertaining!
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