SO MUCH FUN IN THREE DAYS! Friday night, the girls and I went out for tapas and sangría, then went to a discoteca near by. The next day, I went grocery shopping with my host mom. For all of you who don't understand how SUPER EXCITING that is in Europe, you should probably try leaving the US for a few months and then coming back and seeing how SUPER EXCITED you are to find all the little food items you missed so much! So Roxy loaded up on yoghurts, cheeses, salami, and various other seemingly normal items that represent her childhood. The carnicería (meat vendor) was also...quite an experience. We bought a whole chicken, and I didn't realize I was staring until the butcher laughed and asked if I wanted to learn how to cut up a chicken so that I could do it myself at home...Imagine. The entire chicken is chopped, and everything is opened, and just when you think the butcher cut the pieces off because they're too fatty or bloody, he puts them in the soup pile, or the broth pile, or the rice pile...It's very economical and practical, really, and nice to see a chicken that doesn't come in cubes :)
Then a delicious lunch ensued (as always), and Becky and I met up afterwards to go visit the Lonja, a medieval trading house that is still beautifully preserved. See?
Look at the details on the roof!!
The Spanish flag floating in the clouds :)
The tops of the city :)
The two adventurers!
The last person who sat here (omit tourists) would probably be 658 years old.
The Mercado Central! It was closed when we got there but I promise this bustling interior mercado will be captured in photos soon enough :)
Buy two bags, get a free...scarf?
On the street...no big deal.
A wine shop we found...we photographed it for future reference, the owner looked as old and as legit as his wine selection.We also photographed the street he was in -->
THEN WE WENT FOR CHURROS!!! YUMMMMMM
And...this is where I parked my bike that night to meet my friends at another tapas bar, and then another discoteca, where I met a friendly Italian...please ask me for details personally.
And sunday, I went to an even BETTER, more authentic churros/hot chocolate café with another friend! Although, twice in two days...Now I'm stopping.
But it was SUCH a good week-end!!
Besos,
Roxy
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