Tapas are basically one of the most awesome things ever. If you buy a drink, you automatically get a little appetizer. The tapas range in type: there's everything from ham, or roasted pig, to egg and potato tortillas, to seafood. The other night, my food class went tapa hopping with our professor and he showed us some of the best places to go on Calle Van Dyck. The first place we went to, I tried the sangria and cochinillo asado, which is like roasted pig. It was so tender and the skin was really flavorful and crunchy. At the next place we went to, I tried the ribs (costillas). Dad, I think yours are pretty good compared to these ribs, actually. I also tried queso de oveja en pan which is sheep cheese on bread. It's a firm cheese, but it was pretty good. I was kind of surprised because I usually don't really eat cheese, but I've found myself enjoying this. (I had several slices of curado y semicurado queso de oveja en clase today.) My favorite tapa I tried was tortilla with calabacin, which is zucchini. I think this was my favorite tapa so far. Today, I also tried calamari, which is super, super fresh here and not as tough to chew.
Aside from that, the nightlife is pretty bumping here in Spain. The bars are open until at least 5AM as far as I know and natives laugh when I say that 2AM is late for me and I want to go home and sleep! But it's lots of fun here. They play A LOT of American music which I think is funny because they don't even know what it means, but that's alright... At least I'm familiar with it! I wish I could hear some more cultural music though sometimes.
For the most part, everything is going well. I think I've adjusted pretty well so far. I think I'm going to Madrid this weekend so I'm pretty excited about that!
Pictures to come soon!
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