Ouch!

Ouch! I went for a bike ride yesterday and used a sunscreen of "only" factor 30 and got badly sunburned. One leg is really red and the skin is swollen and my arms hurt as well.
Wearing pants is hell and showering is even worse!
Bought a sunscreen factor 50 today, hope that works better.

I'll tell you what I've been up to for the past few days :)

Sunday
Nancy, Robert, Bodhi and I went to Las Vegas to help with the annual cleaning of the Jewish cemetery. It was a day full of religion. I learned some things about Jewish traditions and rituals, such as the placing of rocks or pebbles on a grave when visiting, in stead of placing flowers.
We also visited Nancy's mother, Mrs. Terr. She is such a kind lady :) After changing into our bathing suits at Mrs. Terr's, we went to the natural hot springs. Had a lovely view while sitting in the hot water, but I didn't take any pictures. Completely forgot about it!
After that we went up to a neighborhood and I got to drive around in the car a bit :)
Picture of what we encountered during my "spin":

Monday
Stayed at the house and did some homework (what, homework?!), after that I went for a bike ride with Robert and Bohdi. (= the bike ride I wrote about in the beginning of this blog message, ouch..)
In the state of New Mexico, everyone younger than 18 has to wear a helmet while riding a bike, so I actually wore a helmet while riding a bike! Guess there's a first time for everything.
I really enjoyed the bike ride and so I decided to bike down to my drivers ed that evening. Everything went well until I had to cross an intersection. I spent ten minutes waiting for the pedestrian light to change and then I came onto a street where the speed limit was at least 45mph! I decided to ride on the sidewalk...

Tuesday (today)

Today I went to Santa Fe with Robert and Bodhi. Robert had a meeting in Espa~nola for his job, which isn't that far from Santa Fe, so he dropped me off at the plaza in Santa Fe and I got to spend some time walking around the plaza. Some of the things I saw were the New Mexico History Museum, the Palace of the Governors, La Fonda hotel and the Cathedral Basilica of Saint Francis of Aissisi. In the center of the plaza, there was a group of musicians playing Cuban music to raise money for chronically ill children. The music was good and people were singing and dancing :)
Around 12.30 Robert picked me up again and we had lunch at Tomasita's. The food was incredible. After lunch we went to Canyon Road to see some art galleries and the first gallery we visited turned out to be owned by a Jewish man from Baghdad, who had lived in Nieuwegein for several years and then moved to Santa Fe. We spoke some Dutch and had a laugh :) Saw some more galleries and then drove back to Albuquerque, straight to drivers ed.