Tour de tapas!
¡Hola! From Chloe, Eva, and Mary. It has been a wonderful day in Spain, filled with laughs, adventures, and countless memorable comments from Mary Maddux!
In the morning we (Chloe, Eva, and Mary) were woken up by a warm ¡Buenos dias chicas! From our madre. We started off the day with meeting at the same bakery for the past two days. We spent a few minutes conversing and telling stories about what had happened with our families the previous night. We made our way to the school and had our first class, which was fun and engaging. During the break Ms. Hellman helped explain to Mary and I (Eva) with the work that he had just done in class. The class was a good prep for the beginning of freshman year for us because that will be our very first lesson. The second class of the day we practiced grammar and talked about the different foods of the students’ countries. By then everyone was hungry and ready for lunch. Haha! We came home for lunch and enjoyed some pasta with tuna covered in orange sauce. Which of course Eva dropped right onto her white shorts! We had planned to catch up on sleep with a two-hour siesta, but couldn’t hold back the urge to go shopping!
We started off at a store called Mango, where Sarah, Alexis, and Ms. Hellman met up with us. And then we visited a bunch of other stores and looked around and shared our thoughts on the trip. We were going to go to a jewelry store, but it was closed for 30 minutes so we went to go eat churros and chocolate instead. We ate them all and then drank the chocolate afterwards! We then left the chocolate store and went back to the jewelry store. While we were out shopping, the guys were going on a stroll around town and found the place that our group was very interested in visiting, the Garden of Love. We all eventually met up at the jewelry store and went to the garden. The girls got rings, necklaces, and bracelets from the store. We took a bunch of pictures and just hung out and laughed a lot! After walking through the garden, we all got to go to an art lesson at the school about the history of art in Spain. There were many beautiful paintings and pictures. We learned a lot about the topic and many famous artists.
After our lesson on the art of Spain, we went home to get ready for Tapas! Tapas are a tradition in Spain where you receive various appetizers that equal to the amount of a full meal. It was delicious. We went to four very different restaurants to get these tapas. The first item of tapas we received was a bread and meat dish that was beautifully put together and very delicious. The tables at the restaurant were about three feet high, so the chairs were just as small. Blake was hilarious when he attempted to sit in tiny chair. The second restaurant served us a similar meal with shrimp and bread. Though this dish was very good, some of us *cough* Mary *cough* voiced our opinions on seafood. At the same restaurant, we had another dish with beef and veggies kebabs on bread. The third restaurant we went to gave us some chicken empanadas and pizza. The last restaurant was just as amazing. We were served chicken with sweet onions on bread. We ate a lot of bread today. Then of course, we finished it with some helad (ice cream)!! Today was a great day.. the trip keeps getting better!
Eva, Chloe, and Mary
In the garden
Eating tapas in the Plaza Mayor