Ironically, summer arrived late and while they spent the months of June, July and August with cold and precipitation, September came (and me with it) and the sun came out and shone all the way through to mid-October. I was got more tan in the month of October than I did June or July!
Today, however, was the first true rainy day in my opinion. There have been a couple of mornings I've woken up to see it rained early in the morning or over night, but today I took my umbrella to work and have thus carried it all day (although it stopped raining and is only threatening with gray clouds now).
Seeing how people change with the rain is very nice. On one hand, I feel like everyone takes more time to get to where they are going because they are walking slower, carrying their umbrellas, avoiding other umbrellas, etc. On the other hand, there are no longer people standing on the sidewalk, having stopped to talk with someone they knew passing by. There is no dawdling or playing while walking. People are much grimmer and seem to glare if your umbrella drops come too close to their own.
With the sun I found everyone to be open and vibrant, willing to help. I am very glad to have experienced that first or I might have thought Asturians to be a very closed, mechanic people.
Next Monday and Tuesday are holidays for All Saints Day and so I will begin a 10 day break (woohoo for only working three days a week and having them off on vacation)! During this time I will be devoting a lot of attention to a recent Spanish friend's blog, http://raposu.blogspot.es/. This friend, David, has asked me to do the translations of his writing and while it is going to be a long process it is interesting and good for my Spanish. I have already translated the first three entries of his journal and if you'd like to follow along then please do.
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