Spain, Short and Fat Diva Style
I'll do my best to post more soon.
Update: Spongebob translates to Bob Esponja in Spanish. I have the pleasure of watching it every night during dinner. Pretty soon I'm going to know more than Gabe in Spongebob trivia :) That will be a major feat, since Gabe terrorizes me in all walks of trivia. Though its almost unbearable to watch, Bob Esponja is somewhat helpful for learning Spanish. He talks surprisingly fast though.
Yesterday, I actually got up early enough to do some exploring around Barcelona. I was really proud of myself for finding my way around. I found a cute little cafe and decided to break for lunch. I was incredibly displeased to find that the sandwich I ordered tasted like Lexi smells. Thats almost the worst thing that can happen to a sandwich. So, my first lunch of the day was a fail. After walking around a little more I attempted lunch two. I had been craving gyros so I decided to go to a place called "Pita Inn" I think. What a bad idea, I should have know better, judging by the name alone. I don't even know what kind of meat I ate there, but somehow my second lunch was just as bad as the first. I'm trying not to think about what I could have bought in the US with all the euros I spent on TWO gross lunches.
Today I was told I flush the toilet wrong, though I'm pretty sure I've been doing it right. That hacked me off a little. Also, in Spain Dunkin'Donuts is called Dunkin'Coffee. That doesn't even make sense. I was told by one of my teachers its because Spaniards don't want the "fast food" image. I find that frustrating too.
In other news, I got a free loaf of bread at the metro yesterday. What a great feeling, now I can make peanut butter toast! Also, I tried churros with chocolate today but they were nothing to write home about. Therefore, this in no way counts as me writing home about them. Maybe thats because I don't really like donuts though. If you could dip them in peanut butter it would probably be another story.
Tonight we had a traditional Catalan dish for dinner, with habas. Or in other words, broad beans? I wasn't sure what those were so I had to wiki them. According to wikipedia, broad beans can be used as a natural alternative to viagra :P
On that note, more to come later.
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