San Sebastián

We´re settled into our apartment -- it´s in an old building in the Gros section, it normally belongs to someone named Ainhoa, who is 34 years old, most of her stuff is still here, she just moved out temporarily. It´s an attic apartment without air conditioning, so we´re learning to manage the windows and the fans and to go outside when it is cooler there, eating salads and sandwiches. It has been unusually warm in SS, they say. The apartment has a lot of personality and charm, it reminds us a lot of Ellen´s attic apartment in San Francisco except that here we´re on the 8th floor and we have to take a scary elevator to the 7th floor. The stairs are scarier. Our arrangement is more casual than with the usual USAC-arranged housing. Ainhoa and her mother Ana, the owner, are great, and they have really encouraged us (and made it easy) to make ourselves at home. I´m taking the Modern Basque History class from John Bieter, the visiting prof. from Boise State, who is an excellent teacher. The other 5 students in the class are bright and engaged. It will be a good month.