Okay that last blog was a little extreme, especially considering I haven't posted in about months.. and even before that my bloggings were rare. A lot has happened, so I will try to touch on a couple of the big ones:
Extremely Sick
Never get sick in another country. It is just miserable and expensive.
Chocolate Fondue Party
I'm on an international cooking club in Barcelona on couchsurfing.com. I've gone to a couple of events, but my two favorites were hosted by Ingmar, a German, double-iron man competitor. One was a chocolate fondue party with wonderful fruit and snacks. The next was a raclette party which consists of this.. machine which has a grill top like area to cook meat and eggs and such, and then this little area below where each person has their own personal triangular frying pan where they can mix up creative meals with eggs, veggies, meats, and cheese! We even did a chocolate pineapple one! It was just wonderful! I love food and good company!
Mushroom Hunting Mountain Excursion
Caitlin, my partner in crime, has an intercambio (language exchange friend) who is just great! She took us to a mountain for a hike and to look for mushrooms! Don't worry, she is like a mushroom expert so it wasn't dangerous and we didn't eat anything poisonous. She wrote a book for the government on indigenous plants native to Cataluña. Anyways. We found a couple of good mushrooms, but TONS of chestnuts. Oh man, I didn't come home with many because I was just eating to my hearts delight. Barcelona knows what is up about the whole chestnuts and sweet potato being the food of Fall (and I hope winter too)!
Traditional Thanksgiving Dinner
My study abroad program organized a wonderful Thanksgiving dinner at a nice restaurant The meal started with typical Spanish "tapas" (appetizers) like bread with tomato and olive oil, artichokes, salads, etc. Next came... mashed potatoes, gravy, and turkey! Ah! I was so happy. The dessert was an "apple pie".. well actually an apple tart like thing.. pies don't really happen in Spain. Well, I was super happy and pleased to be in good company for Thanksgiving although nothing beats the holidays at home and with family. Not going to lie, the holidays are killing my morale here! Honestly, the Spanish did a great job on their Spanish rendition of Thanksgiving. Hats off to you!
Planning My Train Trip
I have continued to plan my trip for January. I am planning on going to: Madrid, Segovia Montpellier, Paris, London, Brussels, Zurich (or Bern, not sure yet), Florence, Rome, Venice, Munich, Vienna, Prague, Frankfurt, back to Barcelona and the HOME. It should be great. I am sure I will be exhausted and dirty by the end of it.
School Is Killing Me
School is really hard. Tons of work, but it is almost over. Speaking of which, back to studying.
Adiós!
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