Me encanta tapas (I love tapas). Other than siesta, my favorite thing about Spain so far is that anytime you order a drink you also receive tapas. Tapas can basically be anything...tortilla, hamburger, french fries, nuts, bread and dip. Tonight, Laura (my host sister) and I met Cris (my host mom) after she got off work. Although, siesta seems great for me it also means that a 9-5 job in the States is really a 9-1:30 and 4:30-7:30 job in Spain! A long day to say the least! As we walked around the very crowded streets of Alcalá I tried explaining how in Needham...there is only about one night a year when the streets are this crowded (July 3rd)! I think they understood my broken Spanish, but were very surprised because it being a Tuesday, this was calm night for them! We stopped in a famous restaurant/bar just off the main plaza and each ordered a soda. Along with my soda I got to choose my own tapa (usually they just bring one to you) and went something I knew I liked, tortilla. Tortilla looks like a pie and tastes like home fries, usually I eat it as is but tonight I received between french bread like a sandwich! Laura got fried calamari and Cris some sort of fish. All of this is free with the price of a coca-cola! Me encanta españa.
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| Tortilla Española |
In class today we were given a worksheet with numerous cartoon drawings. With a partner we had to make up sentences about each of the drawings. I was paired with a student from China. He does not speak any English, I do not speak any Chinese, and both of our Spanish definitely needs improving. I now fully appreciate the idea of a language barrier. With many, many hand motions and the use of his Chinese-Spanish dictionary and my English-Spanish dictionary we eventually came up with a few basic sentences. I still have no idea if he had any idea what I was talking about though. I am incredibly thankful I am mostly using my Spanish with my host family, who are able to fill in the words I am missing!
Adiós amores!
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