30 October 2016
I’ve had a nice, relaxing weekend and managed to get some
sun tan too while walking outside yesterday! During daytime, the most
appropriate outfit here for the weather is still shorts and a T-shirt.
This week at work we had two entire days of training about
trademarks. Really interesting and lots of new information! I feel really
privileged to be paid to learn.
Speaking of learning, now my Spanish classes begun. I
skipped the very beginners’ class and was a bit nervous about how I would cope
in the a-bit-more-advanced class. Luckily, I cope just fine and maybe the beginners’
class would have been even too easy, as I’ve learned already quite a bit on my
own. The Spanish classes are actually quite fun and the teacher makes us talk a
lot which I find quite efficient for learning.
Because of the daylight saving time, this weekend is one
hour longer than a normal weekend and also Tuesday is off because of Halloween.
That’s good because I really need some rest after my brain having been in a
state of total overload like 90 per cent of my time here because of the
challenging tasks at work and all that learning and all those languages, jeez.
I had no idea Halloween would be such a big deal here as it
seems to be. Friday we went out with other trainees and lots of people were
dressed up and now all stores and restaurants and even the EUIPO cafeteria are
decorated with some pumpkins and fake spider web and stuff. And now one can’t
help noticing, Christmas is coming too.. Christmas chocolates and decorations
have invaded the best shelfs at supermarkets and El Corte Ingles also put up
their Christmas lights. It’s funny, because to me it’s still summer! The shop
windows are also quite funny with their winter coats and woollen hats and
gloves and all that.. Especially as to me it doesn’t seem that the locals find
the weather cold either and they still walk around in their summer clothes, but
I don’t know, maybe winter comes here then like all of a sudden during one
night, we’ll see..
With love,
Noora
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