So Marks a Month

Day 29

Four weeks ago, today, I was spending my first night in Barcelona. So, in honor of my first month abroad, I'm going to share some random thoughts.

Spanish men are ruthless. The other day, while walking to class, I had a man lean into my face and say "Hola preciosa." Ew. They won't hesitate to ask you to the discoteca, even if they're 40 years old. Also, even if they're walking arm and arm with their girlfriend/wife, they will still whistle at you.

I love kebabs. I have no idea what's in them, and I don't want to know. You can't really go wrong with a tortilla wrapped around meat and vegetables and doused in special sauce. The meat spins around and cooks, and they scrape it off. Yet again, I don't know what the meat is, because they just call it "carne". But Mmmmm delicious!!

My new German friends are super duper awesome. For my 2 classes that I take at the business university of Barcelona, I am in project groups with some German boys. The other day in class, I started talking about Spiderman Kraft Mac and Cheese, and how badly I was craving it. They later googled it to see what the fuss was about. They were pleased to see that "kids love the fun shapes," but were quite skeptical of the "cheese flavored powder." Haha, Megan I told them you would bring them some when you visit. They also told me they would buy a grill and cook me American hamburgers and hotdogs. They showed me this and said it's what German people think of Americans... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANTDkfkoBaI. No worries, I'm helping the American image one German friend at a time.... by bribing them with artificial mac and cheese.

I had my first experience with Paella last Thursday. I decided to be adventurous and go with my friends to an all you can eat paella experience. The meal consisted of salad, mussels in tomato sauce, calamari, and paella. All of which I tried, putting my anti-seafood background aside. I was fine until the paella came out. No one told me there were going to be sea urchines with claws sitting on my plate staring with their buggy eyes. I was not ready to eat Sebastian's cousin. They did give us all you can drink wine and shots, so all in all, I might consider doing it again, but I'd definitely order a fattie steak.

P.S. Everyone has a dog here. Everyone but me.

Besos y Abrazos!