Yes I wish it was more 'glamourous' writing but it is academic... It is the best thing I have done for ever in terms of having some mental space and I am about to write a lot of "no's" to people to get away from so much 'busy work' I subsume in. I might very well talk in off topic This has been a dream of mine for a very very long time - I am so fortunate! Thank dog for skype that I can chat each day to DH DD and DSs at home every day.
Onto fashion! It is a small village but because it is highly visited with tourists there are great shoe and bag stores, silver and semi precious stone jewellery stores... and even a Zara! I keep thinking PPP because the stuff is lovely and extremely well priced. Yesterday I tried some things on in a store - coloured jeans in my size for 25 euros... and then in the lovely European way there is a lovely little scarf/bag etc to tie together a simple jeans/white shirt/jacket kind of look so I am thinking of going back for that. I think I have written before that clothes are very expensive in Australia and there is so much black black or the choice of black... Alas the shoes are too small for my size 42 feet but I am sure I can make do with the scarves, etc... It is the accessories and the gorgeous colours etc that I can't get at home and while I love the USA, there is something special about the way the Europeans mix their colours... I will post some soon!
And yesterday being a glorious Spring day, there were weddings everywhere (my apartment is by the cathedral and some other old churches nearly 1000 years old - this is Spain's old capital)... Weddings are truly dressed for and the guests were absolutely beautiful, with their hair done and even the children were just divine. All accompanied by bands, fireworks and cannon fire! I guess I can't post photos of other people but I spent hours in the town square just watching wedding party after wedding party. I really wish people dressed for events like this back home.