Today I just want to share a few lovely things that have happened recently. Yay!
-I finally found a cold bottle of Fanta and bought it. Yum. Ellie and I also bought some yummy chocolate snacks. We feasted in the nearby “Plaza del Museo,” which has 1.) HUGE, beautiful old magnolia trees, 2.) delightful stone tiling throughout, 3.) wrought iron benches, and 4.) today, some man that kept trying to win our attention by belching repeatedly. It was all we could do to keep ourselves from cracking up (and granting his wish for attention) for the duration of our visit. Hehehe.
-We went to the beach (la playa!) like real Españoles last weekend—there were many families enjoying the sun along with us. We saw more unclothed-ness than any of us had ever experienced before. We were also definitely the most pale people in a 20 mile radius.
-Yesterday for lunch, our host made us fresh fried sardines. Imagine the hilarity of learning to eat a mini fish—pulling out the backbone and all. Ha. To my surprise, I actually like them! I don’t know that I’d want them again any time soon, but that’s still better than I could hope for!
-Last week, we also toured the Museo de Bellas Artes, which is actually only about 8 minutes from our homestay. One of our friends’ intercambios took us, which meant 1.) free entry (hoorah!) and 2.) some helpful information about the art—he was an art major! It also meant that afterwards, when we said we wanted to go get some gelato, he led us on a new route to the BEST gelato in town. Triumph. This is a blessing and a curse: it’s so yummy that I would eat it just as often as you let me.
yay Fanta! deeeelicioso. Sounds like you've made Spaniard friends and your intercambio went well! And you better eat lots of that helado (esp. if you only get sardines for dinner, yuck!) keep up the spanglish and have a fantastic week! love you!
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