NYR #34: Touch the grass at Santiago Bernabeu

This one didn't technically get done, nor did I even take advantage of the fact that I was in Madrid to go watch a Real Madrid game (and watch the most attractive man on earth tend the goal...ahem. Iker Casillas, I'm talking to you).

HOWEVER. Due to the fact that NYU in Madrid's campus is less than a 5 minute walk away from Real Madrid's stadium, I got to see it pretty much every day. (sometimes more than once a day because I'm special like that).

Going to a Real Madrid game would have been somewhat like going to a Yankee's baseball game: paying for overpriced tickets to watch a bunch of overpaid dudes with overinflated egos make a mockery of a sport they once dominated (Except for you, Casillas. You would never do that to me). HOWEVER, Real Madrid is the winningest team of the 20th century, according to FIFA, so I guess that counts for something.

But, apparently I'm now a Barça fan. After years of never paying attention to soccer, and then just two times rooting for the Spanish national team, today I scoured the internet to find updates on the Barça-Osasuna game. Who knew?

The little Real Madrid football that I have sitting on my desk is staring at me sadly, while these traitorous words deflate its little self. 

Gone to Texas!

There are so many, many things to say about this new step in my life. For one, it requires a change in blog description. For another, well, I'm in Texas.

I actually think that I'm going to like Austin a lot. I love my house and current housemates, and Austin is definitely big enough to be really interesting, but small enough to feel quite cozy. Plus, all the cool coffeeshops will make great chillaxin' joints (not that I will have much time to chillax, what with the teaching and classes and all).

In fact, I got to explore one of those awesome coffeeshops with friend Daniela not too long ago. She kindly took pity on a poor lost soul and showed me around Austin one Sunday, and we ended up hitting up the Spiderhouse Cafe.

I'm not sure how to describe it, but I think eclectic decor with delicious food and lots of Christmas lights just about does it. It's a great place to hang out, and it's close to campus. Plus, on Tuesday nights, there's a poetry slam that some of the students in my department plan to participate in.

Austin's a happenin' place.