In Zaragoza being attacked by killer umbrellas.

I am now in Zaragoza which isn’t the most thrilling of a location. We are right downtown staying at Hotel Goya which is right out of the 70’s! It isn’t too bad though; the receptionist are very unhelpful and the beds are slightly concaved but continental breakfast is pretty banging! Yesterday I don’t know what was up but I was still in my bad mood from the past weekend. Maybe it is birthday blues or something? It also probably didn’t help that on Sunday, Evegeny’s computer was stolen from the arena. Everyone was talking about how horrible this is because it is like losing his life…….A lovely reminder to me! Esp. since I had just realized on Saturday I don’t have an up-to-date resume anymore and have to redo it since it is lost in the hand of some hoodlum in the south shore area now.

Back to Zaragoza….It was pooring out but I needed to snap out of my mood so I headed out for a run to detox. I venture out on the packed sidewalks to meet a sea of umbrellas. People in Zaragoza must be crazy because I ended up getting hit twice with umbrellas! This made me both furious and upset. I couldn’t continue and had to turn back; therefore I never got rid myself of the bad mood and it stuck through the night.

Today I woke up feeling much better! It wasn’t raining in the am so I got out for a run and didn’t have to live in fear of being attacked by umbrellas! After that we went out with Brittany Drury and Mauricio to look around. We were planning on doing a tour bus because it only cost 3 euro but they only run on the weekend so that wasn’t a go. We walked by the Basilica which is totally covered in scaffolding right now so we could appreciate it really well! Hahaha There is also this fun fountain nearby it that looks kind of like a cliff with water dropping off of it. It also slightly resembles a map but a made up one and not any place specifically. The fountain decided to siesta while we were looking at it! Everyone in Spain likes to siesta I guess, even the water.

The inside of the basilica which pretty cool. What stuck out to me about it was that there was this dome ceiling structure within the church that had holes designed into. Through the holes you could see the outer dome ceiling; I wish I could have snapped a photo of it. Also there were trays with really long candles on them. They were all at slightly different lengths and there were droplets from them melting on the tray. I just thought the tall candles made for a much more striking looks that the usual tea lights you see in church.

After that we also checking out the old roman amphitheater. It was pretty ruined. It originally had three levels of seating and only one remains. That is how much has destroyed over the years. It was pretty cool seeing that.