Yo Tango Hombre

I try not to make it a habit to swear on the internet, but I think this story is too funny not to tell, and it won't work censored. Parental discretion is advised. So Monday night at dinner I was sitting with a group of girls, and one of them had an interesting catch-phrase. They were talking about how hungry they were, and then someone asked about how dinner would be served. I piped up that they said that dinner would be a set meal served to us but usually we would get a buffet, and be able to pick and chose what we want to eat. The girl responded hungrily, "I could fuck with a buffet, right now." When someone said they heard we were having chicken for dinner, the same girl nodded approvingly and said, "I could fuck with some chicken, right now." It was hilarious, and she was so serious. I was silently dying across the table from her.

Tuesday,  we had a long lecture about the rise of Islam, which was actually really interesting, and saw a Visigoth church in Toledo. Then we walked around, and I joined a group of new acquaintances for lunch, where we ogled our waiter, while the only boy in our group laughed and abstained from the conversation. Stuff's been fun. Here's a church pic, it promises to be the first of many.

My apologies to the girl whose face ended up in this photo.

We ate a surprisingly terrible dinner of what we think was veal... Then we went out to an Irish pub, and met a group of University of Minnesota students who will be studying in Toledo for the semester.

Today, we went to see the Cathedral of Toledo and to a Synagogue, I walked around with Jade, a girl I met yesterday, and agreed I would be roommates with in Madrid, though we both strongly emphasized our desire for our own bedrooms. We also went to a museum devoted to El Greco, and the Torture Museum, which was really intense. At one point we came across a cool looking club which we are going to try and go to tonight... though we may not be able to find it again. Tomorrow we leave Toledo for Cordoba.

My favorite El Greco painting of the ones we saw. 

Today was rainy and cold, but I am meeting people and having fun, and this city is really cool. Plus I have been attempting to speak all of the Spanish that I can, and keep talking to people, and asking questions. It is great, and I think I am actually doing decently well.

Final note: The title is from when a woman in a shop came out to talk to us, and Jade was trying to indicate that we were going to get lunch. Instead of correctly saying "yo tengo hambre," "I am hungry," she said "yo tango hombre" meaning "I have a man." The woman was quite amused by us, and we talked to her for a bit as she commented on our various Spanish phrases, attempting to improve our pronunciation.