Visitors! Paris! Mexican food! Fun fact!

While supper hasn't even begun in the states, it's well past midnight here and even though I have unfinished homework due tomorrow, I'm up - trying to burn calories (well-spent on scrumptious Spanish food) through procrastination. It's an art, I must say, and I think I've just about perfected it. This blog is perfect practice.

We go to Paris in two days! And as if that weren't exciting enough, my parents are coming to visit us! They called and booked the flight during my brother's spring break, so I can't wait to see them. Lots of planning is in the works, but hopefully we'll all get to check out some unexplored European turf on their vacation. The next week, we've got some UT friends flying over from Austin for their spring break, so that should be a blast. And Cade's dad might come up to see us too! It's so nice to have everybody here!

My title promised a fun Spain fact, so here you go:
There are few "American restaurants" in Spain. And the few that exist generally just serve hamburgers, which I guess is the stereotypical American food. I had a "hamburger" the other day, which consisted of an unbunned patty with a fried egg on top...crazy. And Chinese restaurants are EVERYWHERE. And they're cheap. You can get a three-course meal with desert for around 6€. I've seen a few McDonalds and Burger Kings around (Seth would be upset to know there are no Taco Bells), and there's one Subway that I know of. And the flavors for the Ben and Jerry's here are all in English. What else?

Mexican - according to my professor, there are a few authentic Mexican restaurants here, but not many. And they're pricey. Veeerrry pricey, which is sad, because I miss Mexican (yes, TexMex too) tremendously. And honestly, I put this picture up mostly to console myself. Just looking at it makes my boca water. We would cook some here if it weren't 1€ a tortilla here. (And 3€ per can of refried beans).

Turkish food here is "comida rápida" (fast food), and the 1€ clearance mystery meat at the grocery store is disgusting. And cheap. But we're two broke college students nearly emptying our savings to live in Spain; ya can't complain.

Somehow, I almost always end up writing about food. But my post is taking a sweeping tangent which is a tell-tale sign that I need to get off and be academically productive. As for y'all, it's about time for supper. Enjoy your meals - and eat some steamy enchiladas for me.

I miss y'all like I miss Mexican food. :)

-Bana