So I'm in Spain.
For a graduation gift, my grandmother told me I could pick a region of the world and we would travel to it. She has been tons of places, but Spain and Morocco were places neither of us have been. So ta-da!
I'm in Spain.
My graduation party, which was awesome, was on Sunday the 18th, I left for Nashville on the 19th, and left America on the 20th, and arrived on the 21st. It has been a whirlwind. I got on the plane, took 2 sleep pills and was OUT for the count.
Spain is absolutely beautiful. I was not expecting the unbelievable fruit here. I feel like I am eating in the Caribbean. I had NO idea that Barcelona was on the coast of the Mediterranean. My grandma planned the trip because I was busy writing my dissertation over the past several months. That explains the fresh fruit and amazing smells of freshness.
I took several cool pictures that I'm pretty proud of. My absolute favorites were at this outdoor chess board where two older gentlemen of different backgrounds stood in front of their oversized chess pieces playing without boundaries of language or socio-economic status. Purely chess. Purely humanity.
I also ate at an upscale tapas restaurant. My bucket-list is eating paella in Spain, but I'm not sure when that's going to happen. For now, I'm pleased and tickled that I ate tapas. Mine were this bread with tomato spread, sauteed asparagus with garlic, manchego cheese with toast, and fried cod fish that would put Captain D's out of business (not that that would be difficult).
My missions tomorrow are to take more pictures of interesting things, figure out a way to get my ankle swelling down (I'm 27 now so my ankles hate me cuz I'm old), find more fruit and fresh fruit juices, locate and smash some paella, and find out about this famous castle somewhere in this town. Oh! And maybe flirt with a Spaniard.
Nos vemos!
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