Heat.

The high for this week is 102 degrees F.

I’m not kidding. I wish I was. weather.com

Being a Florida girl and all, you think I’d be used to this but I’m not. The reason is air conditioning, aire condicionado, is rare. 

I totally do not understand. In a big city like this, with a high standard of living, where temperatures go above 100 in the summer, it does not make sense that air conditioning is not a norm. (Big stores do have central air.) 

There’s not even a fan in my room.  I just discovered there is a wall unit in the living room. Poor Señora has mentioned how hot it is at least twice a day since I’ve been here. She should use it! She even said one day she couldn’t sleep because of the heat. 

The university has wall units in every room. But they don’t always work. Some days, especially before the the poor little units start kicking, it is too hot to focus. 

Now, I’m not normally one to complain. And I do like that when its not necessary to use it, Spaniards don’t even have air conditioning to use, as opposed to running it constantly like we do in the States. It is far more green. But I think because it gets as hot as it does here, in this day and age, it is time to introduce the miracle that is air conditioning to Spain. 

Looks like it is time to buy one of those lovely little Spanish abanico (fan).