Hi all,
We moved Jenn back to Binghamton on Wednesday - her classes begin tomorrow. She's living in a big house with a total of 8 students. She's is not within walking distance of the campus - her plan is to take the bus (free to students) and only use her car as backup. She'll find out how she likes living away from campus.
Mike's classes are going well. He met John and one of his colleagues in San Francisco on Friday for dinner. He also went to the Sharks/Sabres hockey game on Saturday night.
Things are going well with Joe and me. I bought a rowing machine for my birthday. The one that I was using at the gym was a flywheel type, which I really liked, but it's too big and noisy for how I was planning to work out at home, so I got the magnetic resistance type - it fits in the room upstairs great. It's harder to use though then the flywheel type, and I'm still getting used to the feel of it, but I'm happy with it - and it was fairly inexpensive. I'll send some pics in the coming weeks.
More from Madrid:
Our third day was Thursday, 24 December, Christmas Eve! We went to the Museo Del Prado in the late morning - it's a beautiful museum and we saw lots of Goya and Velazquez paintings. Jenn took a Spanish art class while in Madrid, so she was able to give us some great background on many of the paintings. That evening we walked back to the church behind the Museo Del Prado - the Iglesia de San Jeronimo el Real, Madrid's royal church. It was built in the 16th century but has since been remodeled and is a popular venue for society weddings. On the walk there we stopped at a Thai restaurant for dinner. Madrid was decorated beautifully for the holidays, especially the lights at night. Throughout the city there were what Jenn said they called "cones" - tall, cone shaped structures that were all lit differently. They looked like Christmas trees, but they were most interesting at night when they were all lit up. The one near our hotel at Puerta del Sol was decorated with green and red lights, as you can see in the two pictures above.
That's about it - hope everyone is well.
Kind regards,
Terry
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