Is that what a bidet is for??

Ok, I usually don't post a blog until I have a lot to write about, but today had to have been one of the funniest, McGuyverish moments of my life...you'll read why soon ;) By the way, life here at the Fund is good, classes have been good and we're going to Madrid for the weekend! Tomorrow we're taking a bus tour of the city, followed by a tour of the Palacio Real (royal palace), followed by the Museo del Jamón: thats right, the ham museum...I think we're eating comida there? Jamón is a specialty in Spain, raw ham that has been cured for some time. Sounds good, I think! Later we're going to the Museo del Prado, one of the most famous museums in the world, and then we're finding a local pub to watch España play Chile, of course it will be good to enjoy the locals! Saturday we're exploring Madrid, going to some of the main plazas and the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, where Picasso's famous Guernica is housed. I studied it for about a semester in high school, so I can't wait to see it in person. There's also this seven story club here in Madrid called El Kapital, and its supposed to be really fun, so we might venture there too...I think we're just going where the wind takes us!


ANYWAY going back to the most McGuyverish moment of my life...my friend Liana waited for me to get out of class at 7:30, because we were going to plan out our weekend trips for this summer and start to book flights and trains and such, but first we said we wanted to grab some American snacks at the local grocery store - you know, Oreos, Lays potato chips, Chips Ahoy, etc. So we go and find some great buys, and also buy an avocado because the store manager thought we wanted some...hmm. When we got back, we were going to do our laundry. We collect it all together and then lug it all downstairs...to a locked laundry room. The laundry room is only open from 9AM to 8PM! Great.


So I being my genius self remember that I packed some individual tide packets used for handwashing clothes in my suitcase. Problem solved! We chose a few clothes that we needed for this weekend, and ventured to the sink...where we couldn't find a sink stopper at all. Thats right, we couldn't plug the sink up! HOWEVER, I also (being a genius) brought two clotheslines to dry clothes if the dryers were full, and they had both clips and suction cups for different hanging options. Score!


Well, we took the suction cup off and tried fitting it in the sink, but discovered that it wouldn't work to well...and then a stroke of genius from Liana - the bidet! They're SO popular here in Spain, but we don't use them at all in our bathrooms, so they just sit there. Of course! It must have been fate that the suction cup worked as a drain stopper in the bidet. Problem solved! We washed 2 dresses, 2 shirts, 2 pairs of shorts, and 2 bras in the bidet, and hung them up to dry after rinsing them in the sink. Amazing. Just amazing. Funny as ever too, we were both cracking up, especially when our friend Louis walked by and not only wanted to know what we were doing but also how, because he needed clothes for this weekend too. We also had to figure out where to hang the clothesline, and basically we took over the entire bathroom...yeah, it was amazing. Best story here in the Fund yet, I'd say :)


So, although nothing really interesting happened, something hilarious did. I just hope our clothes dry by tomorrow morning! Hope that was entertaining ;)


¡Hasta!