Life: Idiotropic

My life is in metric. Can't think in miles anymore. It's more like "in 500 meters, turn right." And I get that. Tell me to turn in .1 miles and I have absolutely no clue what you're talking about.

And though thanks to that ego squelching scale that sits in my upstairs bathroom I'm painfully aware of pounds, I am learning also to appreciate the kilo and just how much that is.

Give me an open air market and it's even better. Fresher produce, half the price. And really, can you beat that? I got artichokes today - artichufas. 4.4 pounds (2 kilos) for under 2 Euros! Fantastic! Kiwis today (and from a man singing the Gypsy Kings) - an entire kilo for just 1.50. And apples and potatoes and mangos and the reddest tomatoes I've seen since moving here - all fresh and beautiful, reasonably priced, and from happy, smiling, friendly people.

Add a couple friends who will graciously help me eat leftover Thanksgiving pie and the day is just about perfect.

No, didn't get the snails though I thought they made an interesting photo and what a steal at 5 Euros for an entire kilo! River snails from Segunto. Nice town, pretty river. But thank you, I'll stop at the photo op.

This is where anything interesting about today must end. For I live here and unfortunately housework and gift wrapping must not be put off again. :)