So I\u2019ve decided to cut my hair…<\/p>\n
He decidido cortar mi pelo. Tengo tres razones principales para esto. La primera es debido al clima. Cada d\u00eda tengo que caminar hasta la academia donde me ense\u00f1an espa\u00f1ol, y el camino es mas o menos 30 minutos. En Oviedo la clima no es tan caloroso (en realidad cambia mucho como en Chicago) pero cada d\u00eda despu\u00e9s de caminar estoy sudando. Entonces voy a cortar mi pelo para no sentir tanto calor. La segunda raz\u00f3n es que soy perezosa y no quiero cepillarlo cada d\u00eda y la tercera raz\u00f3n es que creo que es la hora de cambiar mi imagen. Bueno, puedes ver fotos de mi pelo al final de la pagina pero ahora tengo que contarte un poquito sobre Oviedo.<\/p>\n
Cuando llegue a Oviedo con Mary y mi papa, me recuerda un poco de Seattle porque el cielo estaba nublado y la ciudad esta rodeada de monta\u00f1as. Despu\u00e9s de caminar un tiempo, mi padre me dijo que Oviedo es muy similar a Irlanda. Yo solo he ido a Irlanda una vez pero estoy de acuerdo, los dos tienen el mismo sentido de un lugar c\u00f3modo y amistoso. Muchas de las calles son peatonales, y es muy dif\u00edcil saber donde la acera termina y la calle empieza. La ciudad parece peque\u00f1a pero es mas grande lo que pensaba (ya me he perdido muchas veces). En el centro de la ciudad hay una plaza donde hay una escultura. Su nombre real es \u201cL a Maternidad\u201d pero todo el mundo la llama \u201cLa Gorda\u201d y eso es donde nosotros (los de Rollins) siempre nos encontramos.<\/p>\n
Bueno, hay mucho mas que contar sobre Oviedo, por ejemplo el hecho de que los ni\u00f1os peque\u00f1os siempre llevan ropa de moda, o la manera en que un camarero escancia la sidra (una bebida t\u00edpica de Oviedo), pero ser\u00eda demasiado largo para escribir ahora porque no tengo tiempo. Entonces, ojal\u00e1 que te guste y te contar\u00e9 mas en el pr\u00f3ximo blog. Ciao!<\/p>\n
I want shorter hair for three reasons. The first is that the weather here in Oviedo is very similar to that of Chicago, which is to say that it changes every ten minutes. Every day I have to walk 30 minutes to my language classes and throughout the walk I experience everything from freezing my butt off to overheating like a lobster in a pot. Having shorter hair will hopefully make this temperature change less dramatic and less of a hassle. The second reason is that I really don\u2019t want to brush my hair every day. I shed like a sheep dog in the summer and my hair always ends up everywhere, so cutting it shorter will make it easier to control. Finally, I feel like it\u2019s time for a change, new city, new hairstyle. But enough of my hair (pictures at aguafiestasblog.com), I must tell you a little bit about Oviedo.<\/p>\n
When we first arrived in Oviedo, it reminded me a bit of Seattle. The sky was overcast and gray and we were surrounded on all sides by beautiful, soaring mountains. After walking around the town to find our hotel, my dad told me that the city reminded him of Ireland. Turns out, there\u2019s a very good reason for that. Apparently, because of the mountains, one of the places that actually had the most influence on Oviedo in the past was Ireland. Thus, the music here is full of bagpipes and the buildings have an old, comfortable feeling, like that of a small town. Most of the streets in the center of Oviedo are full of restaurants and cafes with beautiful outdoor seating. The streets themselves are all paved with stone, so it\u2019s rather difficult to tell where the streets end and the sidewalks begin. At first, the city seems small, with maybe one or two main plazas, but after exploring for a bit you realize it\u2019s a lot bigger than it appears. It reminds me of a beautiful maze, every street is surrounded by tall, majestic buildings, but if you\u2019re brave enough to explore all the little side streets and hidden pathways there\u2019s always something to find. I went walking around the city the other day with my friends Camille and Mary, and we stumbled upon a tiny little cobble-stone square and had a little photo shoot. The next day we found out the that tiny square was actually where the existence of Oviedo began. Apparently two monks stood at that spot and decided to build a church, this attracted the attention of surrounding villages and even a king, who decided to move his kingdom here and thus Oviedo was born.<\/p>\n
The main plaza of Oviedo is called \u201cLa Plaza de Escandalera\u201d, and in the plaza is a statue of a women and her child. The actual name of the statue is \u201cLa Maternidad\u201d but everyone here just calls it \u201cLa Gorda\u201d (the fat woman). Around the edge of the plaza are rainbow colored benches that show support for the gay community and right across the street is a giant park called Campo de San Francisco. It\u2019s like a tiny version of New York\u2019s central park and it\u2019s full of cool statues and busy vendors.<\/p>\n
There is so much to tell about Oviedo, like for example, how stylish all the little kids are (seriously, I\u2019ve seen a toddler in a full blown suit and tie), or how the waiters pour la sidra (a typical Oviedo drink made from apples) from above there heads and into the glass without looking, but right now I\u2019m afraid I don\u2019t have time. I\u2019m about to leave to see a silent Charlie Chaplin movie in the plaza. So I hope you\u2019ve enjoyed this tiny glimpse of Oviedo, thanks for reading!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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