So yesterday for lunch we had some white wine from La Rioja with a bit of Spanish ham, manchego cheese, and a fresh crusty loaf of bread.
Today I made tortilla española and salad with fresh tomatoes, lettuce, white asparagus, tuna, and dressing with olive oil and sherry vinegar. For dinner we had a fresh salmon steak (that cost about two euros!!) with rice and leftover tortilla española. Man, life here is hard! ;)
Oh, and breakfast! It's typical to eat a few muffins with jam or nutella and a cup of coffee with milk or hot chocolate. I normally sit outside on the balcony in the mornings, especially when it's breezy.
So, this is what we've been eating. Hopefully I'll enroll in a culinary course soon and learn how to cook all the seafood that I see in the stores. I'll have to have a big paella party when we come back and have everyone try it. It's sooo good.
Typically spaniards eat breakfast when they wake up, around 8 or so, and then have lunch at about 2 or 3 and take a siesta (nap). All the stores are closed during the siesta and everyone goes home from school or work, from about 2 o'clock to until about 5 when things open again. Then typically they go for walks and visit each other on the streets (or on the beach) or go shopping, eat dinner around 10, and then go to bed around midnight or so.
The schedule has been awesome for me because it follows when I'm naturally hungry and sleepy anyway. It's been harder for Greg to adjust though, and sometimes we break down and have an early dinner or lunch. Oh well.
Also, a lot of the stores are separated. That is, instead of going to a giant supermarket (which they do have but aren't as common especially in smaller towns), you go to a fish store and a fruit store and a meat store and a bakery and an ice cream store etc... evidently the pescaderías (fish stores) are only open in the mornings. So, if you want to eat fish that night, you have to buy it before 2. Meh.
Evidently there are some hiking trails that we have neglected. As soon as Greg gets over his cold I'ma drag him up to the top of them mountains for a picnic. I'll take some pictures. Proly some time next week after we start school and everything.
Poems shortly, I promise. I keep forgetting to carry them with me.
Love you all.
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Yummy! You mentioned culinary classes; are there any culinary schools around? I read up on the CIA some more and they're located in Hyde Park...not as cool as Boston, but oh well. I hope you feel better soon, Greg. I know you probably want to climb those mountains as much as Suzy does :) Thanks for the info. I found out today that I'm defending my thesis over break-and that I'll be grading a butt-load of final projects...so looks like the visit will be pushed back to May maybe? Third through sixth graders?! Good luck! Any word from Bastian or Cayatana? (sp?)
Okay, go back to being amazing-love you guys-Ash
Sweet!!!!!!!!!!
What could be better than a nice bottle, and some finger food???
Where do I sign up :)
Glad to read the blog...and look in on the pics. Looks like a really tough place to hang [ggg]
Have fun!!! (FTR...I prefer the red wines usually....I'm just sayin')
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