Bueñas tardes! i had a really good lunch and lakshmi and i just woke up from a nap (we are limiting ourselves now to an hr a day or else we dont sleep well at night hehe) and we were going to go to the beach but its a lil cloudy and we are lazy. they have a nice beach here but no one gets in so if its hot we are gonna sweat thus more showering (oh and theres lots of boobies hehehe) anywho so we came back to school to do computer stuff
i realized that i dont really say alot about culture cause my posts are normally really quick. but there is lots of cool stuff. i have culture class for 2 hours in the morning and everyday we talk about 'porque los españoles...' why do spanish people...its really fun. in my class its about half american students and half asian, three from korea, 1 from china, 2 from tawain or however you spell that and 1 from japan so its cool because for them spanish is their third language and english their second. our teacher doesnt speak english so it is kinda funny people trying to describe things to her cause everyone will translate it to different languages and the teacher will still have no idea cause no one can say it in spanish (you can also shout out curse words and everyone laughs and it doesnt even phase her) lakshmi and i do the same thing at home like over a meal when mari and vale are sitting right there and she is feeding us a lot or something we can say stuff like holy crap more food im dying over here i have a food baby! and mari will smile and ask if we want more. its fun tho and not rude cause conversation at dinner is super casual. people tell you about how they really value family and such here which is true they do but like its more coexisting. during meals we watch tv, we talk to but its on for like conversation starters and such and when vale is done he doesnt wait for us he gets up and goes to the couch. its interesting. oh and the meditterean diet!! mari sticks to it by the book. in spain there are 3 platos (plates) the first is either a legume, vegetable or pasta dish. next is a meat, and last is a fruit, then dessert of course. When you eat legumes the next dish is seafood whereas if you eat a vegetable the next dish is chicken or pork and if the first dish is pasta you can eat either. its hilarious because i didnt realize there was rules for cooking! today we had a veggie purre first, then like a ham and cheese patty or something (obviously i didnt eat that) then watermelon then tiny donuts. and yesterday we had this delicious lentil thing first, calamari second (lakshmi said it was just as good as any restaurants) then apples then we passed on dessert cause lentils are really filling. oh and there is always like a normal salad with a homemade vinegarette and tomoates in the middle of the table you dont put any on your plate you just grab a bite with your fork...
speaking of food i learned why tapas are called tapas. so in spain supper is like nothing.well back in the old days people used to go out to the bars have like 3 drinks then go home because they were kinda drunk and kinda full. well in order to make more money, the bars in the south of spain started making food so you would have one drink, top (top=tapa) it with a little food, then another drink, top that with food, then another drink ect...huh i thought that was cool!
oh yeah google morchilla (my whole class LOVES it)
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