Friday, Feb. 19
I have to say it. I have had it up to HERE with hard-boiled eggs and canned tuna. Look, I can handle one or the other to a reasonable extent (though I really dont like the eggs), but together
those are two foods that can really make you gag if you feel the slightest bit queasy or icky while eating them. My host mother likes to put these two ingredients in a lot of her cooking (mainly salads), and were getting them a lot more now that Lent has rolled around. I have a feeling that this will become part of my Lenten sacrifice. Very well. I accept the challenge.
Today, Christy, Alicia, and I met up at the CC-CS center to research flights for Semana Santa. Christy and I have been trying to plan a trip for the first 7 days of Semana Santa, and then return on Holy Thursday to be in Seville for the end of Holy Week. Christy and I finally worked out a plan, and Im SUPER excited:
1 to 2 days in Brussels, Belgium
1 day in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
4 days in Paris, France
Well be flying to Brussels and then taking a train through Luxembourg and then to Paris. We just bought plane tickets yesterday, and Im SOOO excited!! Im also inordinately excited about Luxembourg
before our trip, Christy and I decided that we need to go to a country that people always forget, like Andorra or Lichtenstein
or LUXEMBOURG! Did you know that Luxembourg has the highest GDP per capita in the world? Did you know it was one of the original founders of the European Union? Did you know that Skypes headquarter is in Luxembourg? Did you know that its supposed to look like a fairy-tale-land?
I sold you didnt I?
Besides seeing that grand little country, Christy and I will be able to visit Kristin in Paris. Im so so so excited, and am feeling so relieved to have tickets already.
In other news, Christy, Alicia, and I were all simultaneously hit by crippling Oreo cravings, so we made our way down Calle Tetuan toward Corte Ingles. This store is insanity. Its pretty much the only department store here, and there honestly doesnt need to be any other ones. Its like Macys and Target had a baby, which mutated because of radioactive-department-store-waste. It has almost everything and is SO overwhelmingly crowded. We made our way down to the lowest level, where the supermarket is located. I have never seen such a hopping supermarket. You would think it was a Nordstroms sale. We wove through crazy people and found the OreosEureka!! I had to express some amount of pity, however, because Spain has not yet advanced to the double-stuffed variety. I can only hope they get there.
I bought some Texas BBQ Pringles too, because I just couldnt resist, and Ive been wanting snack food. I have a feeling they wont last long though
After weaving through the weird, non-refrigerated milk aisle, and passing by some giant pig legs hanging from the ceiling (though this is so common here, it barely registered), we paid and quickly exited the store. Mission accomplished.