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Published: February 27th 2006
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yikes.
me eating some sort of something. all i know is that it still had eyes. lauren wouldn´t touch it... and that´s my señora laughing in the background. I am really starting to feel like Granada is my home, like it could be my home for much longer than 5 months. Even though I know that I have some really exciting and challenging times ahead of me, I do kind of regret not coming to study for a year. I wanted to and was highly encouraged to by many people, but with my committments last semester I just couldn´t do it. But I am definitely starting to see what numerous of my friends who´ve studied abroad have told me... if you´re the type of person who can and likes to experience something totally new and live it for a good chunk of time, a semester is just too short. It´s long enough to get to feel comfortable, and then it is time to leave. And I´m just a bit sad that I have to return so quickly, without the freedom to even just stay a bit longer and travel, etc...in order to be able to take this test in California, I am actually working on changing my travel plans to come home a few days before I had planned. Ah! For any of you who are thinking about studying
paella
the dish of paella i shared with two friends in sevilla. it was good, except for the large sea animals sitting on top... abroad (and I´m talking to a specific number of my younger friends) -- go for a year. So I guess I could say that I am loving it here. I could see myself here for a much longer period of time, living, working, what have you, than I will actually be here. But who knows what will happen after my two-year committment in Los Angeles... perhaps I will return someday...
Anyway...funny dynamic in our house that my mom and dad won´t believe... I´ve always been ¨a picky eater;¨ however, here in Spain, I am the one who tries new and different foods, and LAUREN has been identified as the picky one. Encarnita (our señora) always asks me if I want to try the more unfamilar food that she´s made (we usually have a few things to choose from). She´s given up on asking Lauren. It´s interesting how the definition of ¨who you are¨ can change so quickly in new situations with new people...
Speaking of food, here are two pictures of two very common Spanish foods: paella and chocolate con churros. Paella is a traditional Spanish rice dish, usually cooked with vegetables and often with seafood or other
mi sueño...
churros y chocolate. café con leche. a dream meal for me. types of meat. I´ve now eaten it three times... my señora´s boyfriend (who is an amazing cook) made it for us a long time ago, some girls and I split one in Sevilla (a trip we took last weekend that will likely be the focus of my next blog), and we actually just had it today for lunch. It really is very good, but I´m not a huge fan of the seafood; I prefer just veggies or with another type of meat. Chocolate with churros... what can I say... ¿genius? Fried bread with a cup of liquid chocolate. I am a chocolate FIEND, so it´s not a surprise that I was kind of obsessed with them for awhile. I´ve been toning it down (they´re not healthy), but it´s hard. They´re so good. They´re actually typically a breakfast food here (which seems nothing short of a dream), but people do eat them later in the day, such as during the time to ¨merendar,¨the time of the day in between lunch and dinner. Many people are out and about, having a snack or a coffee or what have you (it´s a long time between lunch and dinner here). The picture is of
PEACE
the street sign i see every day to turn to go home an order at Café Fútbol, a popular place for them and a popular destination among my friends. Along with it is the ubiquitous café con leche (coffee with milk), a staple of the Spanish diet. It tastes basically like our coffee with a little bit of cream even though it is half coffee and half steamed milk. This is due to the fact that the coffee here is espresso, a small amount of very strong coffee served in a little cup (if you ask for a coffee, you receive this, a shot of espresso, not a steaming mug of black coffee). This is the way it is in a lot of other countries... here, Portugal, Italy, and other places in Europe. And probably more. In fact, the name of the coffee drink ¨Americano¨ comes from Americans wanting hot water added to their espresso when in other countries so that it´d be similar to the drip coffee that we drink. Interesting, huh.
I randomly took a picture of one of our street signs one day. Paz is peace in Spanish. I love saying that I live on ¨peace street.¨ =) And the street signs are really cute. Speaking of our
¿que?
with jorge came his dogs, the fabulous willie and rocco. meet willie. house, the living situation is a bit shaky right now... I think Lauren is actually going to move into a dorm-type room close to our house. It´s still in the process, but she´s not happy with our situation. So I may soon have a room to myself. I have the option to move out as well, but I don´t think that I will. It´s not ideal for me either, but I´ve thought about it and think I will stay even if she goes. It´s a bit complicated, and I won´t go into details, but it´s going to be okay. This picture is me sitting on the floor in our room, with Willie and Rocco. A while ago our señora´s son Jorge came to visit for a few days and brought his dogs along. They were fun.
Well, I think that´s enough here. I need to study. Much love.
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Are you missing Subway yet ????hahaha Love you! Katie :)