1. Violeta, the middle daughter I'm living with, is learning to play the recorder. She currently knows, as far as I can tell, two songs - the chorus of Beethoven's Ninth and that song from the Lion King, the title of which I am unclear on but the chorus goes, "In the jungle the mighty jungle the lion sleeps tonight." She only knows the first part of both of these songs so that's all she plays, in various styles - slow, fast, piano, forte, legato, staccato, syncopated (just try and hear Beethoven's Ninth syncopated in your head - I'm a little impressed she can do it, honestly), with dotted rhythms, etc.
2. Today I went to the Reina Sofía, an art museum in Madrid that has more modern works than the Prado (lots of Dalí and Picasso, including Guernica which was absolutely entrancing). I also saw Robert Downey Jr. there - stood about a foot away from him, could have touched him at one point. (I refrained, but only barely.) Apparently he and Jude Law are in Madrid for the premier of Sherlock Holmes.
(This is the worst picture ever because I was trying to be unobtrusive and sneaky. He's in the blue hoodie, and the other large hulking man was his bodyguard or whatever.)
3. This afternoon was the first time I successfully opened both doors to get into my building with minimal pain and suffering (read: pulling/pushing the door, jiggling the useless doorknob, throwing my shoulder into it, shoving it with my foot, and taking off my shoe to use as a lever, all of which I have done, usually in various combinations, to the great enjoyment of whoever might be nearby). I am very proud.
4. All of the advertisements that pop up on websites are now in Spanish. It is pretty entertaining but still rather annoying in any language.
5. The weather here continues to be crap (at least it was marginally less cold today) which is why I haven't taken any pictures yet (well besides stalkerific ones of RDJ). It's supposed to rain all this weekend, too, and I am woeful. But tomorrow they are herding us all onto a bus (well probably several buses) and driving us to Segovia, which will be fun and hopefully not rainy. (Unlikely.)
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