As promised in my last post, I am now reporting on how SUMC is doing. This past week has been quite chaotic at SUMC. Everyone is preparing for midterms, though it seems as if the semester has only begun. Student Council is planning the Halloween party, Book club has started, and term papers have just been assigned. So, with all of this craziness in my mind, I decided to spend my Friday afternoon in my own neighborhood. In my strolling, I saw a short multi-lane bridge that spanned a short valley. I crossed, seeing nothing unusual, but as I took the steps that led down from the bridge to the commercial road beneath, I came across the most unexpected park. Beneath the highway bridge was a modern sculpture park with fountains, and cafes around its perimeter. I was shocked, though pleasantly surprised as I needed a cool place to sit and rest. Afterwards I continued down the road and poked into several shops ending up on a street with astonishingly high prices for shoes. I couldn’t understand why a regular pair of gray dress shoes could cost 415 euros until I left the store and saw that across the street was Gucci and Cartier, with Tiffany’s, and Prada further along-I had officially entered the Salamanca shopping district. The rest of the afternoon was spent gawking at window displays with no price tags and at designer labels that I had never heard of. I soon wound up back at my own apartment where I made lunch and sat down to study. Here come the exams!
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