At Long Last

San Isidro bullfighting season, which lasts over a month, has finally come to an end. I don't doubt that the streets will still be noisy as it's almost the end of the academic year and has already finished for those going to university soon. Now we'll have the occasional bullfight and the summer concerts. The noise won't stop, but maybe all the crowds in the streets will. Speaking of concerts, on Wednesday and last night we had an impromptu concert outside. I was thinking if someone woke up and heard it (if they were sleeping, that is), they might think they'd been transported to Venice. Both nights someone sang 'O Sole Mio' and sang it very well.

On Friday afternoon I only had one class, so I came home directly. Right outside the Music School around the corner from my house were two young girls sitting in the street vomiting their guts out. I swear they looked to be about 14 (more or less the size of some of my students). Then I saw their 2-litre bottle of Coke and red wine, a mixture popular among young people which they call 'calimocho' - a cheap drink for them. I'd be embarrassed and upset if I saw one of my students in that situation. Young people usually get together in big groups to drink, so I was surprised to see only two. Who knows? They could have been practising  for a group session. One of my friends on facebook was questioning the need to use something like 'bath salts' to have a good time. I don't think I would be able to drink something like calimocho either and can't remember the last time I drank Coke or any soft drink.

Yesterday, I made some pisto. That's a vegetable dish and the recipe is in my file. You can eat it hot, cold with anything you like. I like it as a sauce over pasta, which is probably what I'll have for lunch tomorrow. I also made some ice-cream from a recipe I got off the internet some time back. The texture was divine, but it was too sweet. I added the rest of the cream I had to help that. If I make this recipe again I'll put in half the quantity of condensed milk called for. Hopefully adding some fruit will make it less sweet. Although it's supposed to be cinnamon, it tastes like coconut to me.

One thing that's inspired me this weekend is the weather. Yesterday was the day that we could officially put away our jackets and things according to the saying. It was the 40th of May. It has been chilly enough in the early mornings to put on a light jacket. I'm not fooled though. It'll soon be hot enough to fry an egg outside.

I'm sharing a recent photo of Aubrey with her daddy. She and her big sis, Lilly, have got the prettiest eyes ever. Hope everyone has a good week.