Power!

The electricity is fixed! An electrician came today and fixed it all. Here was the problem:

There was a bad connection and the wires heated up and melted the plastic casing around them and then started melting the box. The outlets for the washing machine and heater were fixed too. When our landlord’s brother-in-law was helping us the other day he noticed that instead of installing a second outlet for the water heater, the landlord cut the plug off, stripped the wire and then wrapped it around the washing machine’s plug in so that they could both get power. Sounds a little dangerous….

Last night it rained pretty hard.

I am holding a bag of food to put in our friend's refrigerator while we wait for ours to work again.  

The rain made the morning nice and cool. It heated up eventually but not as bad as usual. As Ben said “I haven’t been outside without sweating in three weeks!”  We walked around, did a little exploring and hung out with a few of the teachers from the program.

Rolex for 30,400 euros anyone? 

Biblioteca Nacional

Cervantes, author of Don Quijote

Christopher Columbus

This is an office building. It had a very pretty facade.

We did some laundry again too. We still haven’t figured out how to get the washing machine to spin dry the clothes. I heard our neighbors below us talking about the dripping water. One of them thought it was raining and the other said “Es el agua de la ropa.” (It is the water from the clothes.) We think  we figured out the problem though! When I was taking the clothes out today I noticed there is quite the puddle of water left in the machine so it isn’t draining correctly. Our landlord’s father told us earlier today that it is a pretty old machine. 

We also have internet at our piso now! No more Starbucks. I will miss the mini chocolate muffins.