Chris and I are continuing to plan and prepare for our Thanksgiving Dinner. I found an American store here called Taste of America. It has mostly canned or boxed American food products. I found Libby's canned pumpkin filling and canned candy yams. And one of the best finds was a recommendation by the manager there about a store that sells turkeys for half the price that I was quoted by another store (about $2.50 a pound instead of $5).
On the language school front we are now starting to talk about our final exam in January. This week I'll be giving an oral presentation to the class and will be used to evaluate my usage and control of the Spanish language while speaking and responding to questions.
After a huge lull in renovation work on the Sant Antoni Market this summer, things have gotten very busy this Fall. They may actually make their July 2015 target date for opening the market. When it does open, it will be the largest market in the city. I anticipate it to be a beautiful structure and will become a magnet for people to come throughout the city. And it's only two blocks from my flat.
Finally, I purchased a roundtrip ticket to London in January for around $70. I'll be meeting Chris there for a teacher's job fair that he was invited to attend. Hopefully he will have some good interviews that will lead to a job, ideally in Barcelona or elsewhere Spain or in a European country close to Spain.
Lady Gaga
In a prior blog post I talked about my lack of experience in going to rock or pop music concerts. But I had the opportunity to purchase tickets for Lady Gaga. I enjoy some of her songs and I heard that her concerts are quite a spectacle. I was not disappointed. She put on a great performance. My friend Gerardo went with me to the concert. I very much appreciated her solid and vocal support for the gay community, which she spoke about at the concert. The part that literally shocked me was when in the middle of a song she threw herself into the crowd and they carried her for a bit before they passed her to the security guard who carried her out for her next costume change. I believe it's called crowd surfing. That took guts (or she's just crazy)! She doesn't speak a lick of Spanish but the crowd didn't mind that at all. They loved her. Below are some of the many photos I took at the concert.
