Of malls & walls.

11.25.12

This weekend was pretty relaxed for me.  Thanksgiving was definitely the high point.  There are just two small things I could touch on here today.

Yesterday, Saturday, I went to As Termas for the first time with another auxiliar.  That's the centro comercial (mall) here in Lugo.  It wasn't very big, but it had a decent amount of cool clothing stores... I definitely want to go back sometime in January, after the rebajas have started.  (There is a period for about 2 months at the beginning of the year where, apparently, everything in Spain is on mega-sale.  I'm very excited for this.)  There is also a movie theater (almost said cinema... All the British English here is starting to get to me...) and McDonalds there, which is definitely good to know.  Any McCraving I get is going to have to be pretty extreme though, because getting to this mall, being there, and getting back seems to be an all day affair; at the very least not something you can do in less than 2 hours.

I was happy to see when we got there that this mall, like malls all over America by now, was decorated for Christmas.  Although the decorations were kinda... weird.  And not necessary that Christmas-y, which was surprising, because, as Jill pointed out, Spain is a country that still claims to be overwhelming Catholic-- I've had several Spaniards tell me that "there aren't any Jews in Spain."  Which is weird... And uncomfortable... Especially since Spain seems to be so tolerant and progressive in other aspects.  It will be interesting to see how the Christmas/holiday season progresses here.

Anyway, if anyone can figure out what this is, I'd like to hear your theory:

Two trees poking out of a purple ball. Ah, yes. Nothing says Christmas better.

There was a big tree, and also this slightly spastic polar bear band:

Ooh, ooh! Also, this is silly, but did anyone know that there was a sandwich called a McIberia? Jajaja. There totally is.  A McChicken is also called a McPollo.

That sandwich in the middle on the right is the McIberia.

Also, today I went jogging up on the wall for the first time in about a week (it is getting so hard to make myself go exercise... The air is getting so cold that it burns my lungs :[ ), and I saw the most SPECTACULAR sunset.  The whole sky was red at one point, and from some of the points on the wall you could see it over the mountains... Oof.  Bellísimo.  Sadly, by the time I had run back to the stairs close to my apt, run home, gotten my phone, and run back, I only caught the tail end of it :(
Here's what I got:

But now my new goal is to be up on the wall for as many sunsets as possible, and get some exceptional ones on camera.  Hopefully this will be motivation to at least go walking more ;)

Love from Lugo to you all <3