Wow! What a crazy last few days it has been! On Sunday I went to Mass with Elizabeth and afterwards we made brownies for our host family. They loved them and I didn't mind eating one myself :) We had to take a picture of tapas for our class so our host dad (Luis) decided to make us some. Apparently he is the "king of tapas." Everything was so delicious, but I did not try the tapa with anchovies. Someday maybe...
Monday was a fairly chill day. We got back from class and just hung around the house. Kelly needed to go to the pharmacy so we ventured out that way. The pharmacies are very different than in the States! They aren't very good and almost all of the products are behind the counter. Fortunately the pharmacist was very helpful even though they didn't have what we were looking for.
Yesterday we had to work on our tapas presentation in class today. After the siesta we went to three different stores to buy the ingredients. One of the stores was the open market which is quite the experience! There is a very strong smell since there are butchers everywhere! I saw more fish than I cared to see and there were also rabbits :( We also went to a store that only sold frozen items! I really wanted to buy some ice-cream but decided not to. When we got back to the house we got to working on making our tapas. Kelly and I made empanadillas con atun (it's tuna that is put inside this shell that you bake). It's kind of hard to explain but it was delicious! The other students made a sausage that was soaked in cider and also a seafood mix.
Today we took all of our tapas to class to present.When it was time for our break, we tried everyone's tapas! They were so delicious! I even ate a mussel that was stuffed with shrimp--it was definitely interesting! My favorite was croqueta con jamon...again, hard to explain but delicious! Unfortunately after eating all of that food none of us wanted to pay attention in art class. Our professors were kind enough to let us out 15 minutes early--I think they kind of gave up.
We had to eat a quick lunch after class because we had an excursion this afternoon. Maria makes some delicious sandwiches! Our excursion was "El Paseo de San Antonio de la Florida." San Antonio was a saint from Portugal in the Middle Ages. He resurrected a girl that had been shot to figure out who had killed her. The Spanish people were really impressed by him so they built a little church in honor of him. After two churches collapsed, the third one finally stayed up. Later they built a replica of the church and turned the old one into a museum. It's also the day of San Antonio today so a huge carnival has been going on all week. There were carnival rides and food everywhere.
One of the interesting things about San Antonio is that he is supposedly able to help girls find boyfriends. There is a fountain near the church that has pins in the bottom of it. You are supposed to stick your hand to the bottom and however many pins "stick" is the number of boyfriends you will have. There were a lot of people and I wasn't too interested in pricking myself so I didn't try it out.
Afterward, we went to the Bar Mingo because they have some famous cider from Andalusia. I tried it and I wasn't too impressed but everyone else thought it was delicious. It was really warm outside so we headed back home for the day. Now it's about time for some delicious dinner!
Hasta luego!
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