Two weeks in Malaga have passed and I can't tell you where the time has gone; 24 hours of class, 12 hours of dance and countless hours in the sun! What a fabulous week.
Sun bathing, studying and sleeping! There is an awesome pool at my host family's complex. It's a nice escape from the school pool so I've been taking full advantage of it. Below is my temporary brother, Livio. I'm really enjoying have a 'little brother'; nothing personal Kay Kay. He turns 20 this year and lives just outside of Zurich in Switzerland. He actually reminds me a lot of Tyler Kemball; one of my many wonderful cousins. :)
Fish... I grabbed tapas last Friday with a group of friends. We went to a restaurant right along the beach. The beautiful view has a tendency to make your food taste even better. As a starter I order pimientos fritos. YUM! Small grilled green peppers with salt and olive oil. I think they are delicious. My main course was the pescado you see below. It is called dorada and it is unreal! My mouth is watering just thinking about it. After one bite I completely forgot about his head being attached.
Stracciatella... A very popular gelato flavor and it makes for a tasty yogurt. Yogurt is very popular in España. Yogurts, puddings, flans... Anything similar you can find anywhere.
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Supermercado & maple syrup... What a lovely surprise to find Canadian Maple Syrup! For those who don't know, in Canada I am the slowest grocery shopper around. In Spain it's even worse. I wanted sandwich meat but I should have translated 'turkey' beforehand. (In case you're curious, turkey = pavo.)There were no pictures of a turkey on the package. Lesson learned. I settled for pollo. I also learned very quickly NOT to touch the produce. In the pic below there is a box of gloves. Use them. Take your veggies and place them in a plastic bag, take your bagged veggies to the scale, select the proper code, a sticker with the price prints, stick this on your bag and pay at the counter. Having people get upset with you in Spanish is very interesting. I quickly learned how to say I'm sorry... Lo siento mucho!
Last weekend it rained on Saturday morning but that didn't stop Carolina and I from walking along la playa. Regardless of random sprinkles, the beach was wonderful. We even stumbled across some surfers. Two more weeks and that'll be me in Conil de la Frontera!!
Cerrado de Calderon es el nombre de barrio donde yo vivo. (Cerrado de Calderón is the name of the neighborhood where I live.)
Artist...
My notebook... boob? I was doing my homework and was very surprised to see a boob. Only in Spain.
So many interesting pics to be shared...
Studying at the pool with Carolina. The sunshine is endless. I love it.
Carolina is great! Since Italian is similar to Spanish she can speak Spanish extremely well. She'd never admit it but she's fluent in my opinion. And she has the patience of an angel as a stumble along in an attempt to spit out a sentence. She agreed to speak only Spanish with me; for the most part anyways. She helps with any questions I have. She's been really great! When Evan and I are in Italy we are going to spend a few days with her at her home. Such a sweetheart.
One last comment before I go... I might need to change my career. It is near impossible for me to say engineer in Spanish! Ingeniera... The g's are very difficult for me to pronounce.
Mis amigas de Canada sent me esta foto recently. Miss you all!
Un beso y hasta pronto...