La Peluqueria

"Do one thing every day that scares you."  

-Eleanor Roosevelt

Today, I would have made Eleanor very proud indeed.

In case you ever happen to be traveling around Spain for a few months, cursing your hair for its obnoxious length and lack-luster tendencies, you may need to pay a visit to la peluqueria.  Although I have the best hair dresser in all of Idaho (Holla atcha Lynn), my ratty ponytail couldn't wait any longer for her scissors and comb of magic.

A haircut in Spain is pretty similar to the procedure one would expect in the United States, so I'll omit the details.  However, very much like la farmacia, vocabulary is crucial at la peluqueria.

Haircut Terminology

flequillos - bangs

más volumen - more volume

menos aburrido - less boring (careful with this phrase)

capas - layers

So Rosa walked Sarah and me down the street.

Natalia (formerly known as Paco up until a few years ago) was excited to get going.  While she cut away, we had a lively chat about high heels.  I told her how I don't understand how so many Spanish women can possibly wear four-inch heels on the cobblestone roads every day, and she said something along the lines of how they are just born with the ability.

Well, born...or surgically enhanced.

Is anything in Spain ever not an adventure?

Oh, just superneat.

I can't say that I actually took Mrs. Roosevelt's advice today, as I wasn't scared to cut my hair at all.  The way I see it, I'm over 5,000 miles away--if anything really goes that badly, no one at home will know because that is why photoshop was created.

The picture to the right is a tad vague, but I'm satisfied with Natalia's work.  I have layers, I have more volume, and with those bangs it is certainly less boring.