While Serena and I eat out occasionally, we eat most of our meals in the apartment. We have bread, butter and jam for breakfast, but coffee we have at the café close to the school. It is very unusual to have coffee "para llevar" (to go) because that is just not how the Spaniards roll. They prefer to sit down, have a chat, have coffee, relax, etc. Work can wait.
For the mid-day and evening meals, we cook. Correction: Serena cooks and I clean up. Being a very good Italian girl, Serena likes to make pasta, and I am totally ok with that. We have had many kinds of pasta over the past week and a half: pasta a la carbonara, pasta pomodoro with tuna, pasta al cartoccio, pasta con pesto… we’ve also had frittatas-one with tomatoes and one with mushrooms. We’ve had a big ole mixed up salad, and often we make bocadillos at home with jamon Serrano and manchego cheese.
Our adventures with cooking obviously begin at the supermarket. There is one near the school called Mercadona, but for some reason I always call it Superdona, and there is one near the apartment. I love loveity love-love going to the grocery store in foreign countries. Love it. We have made some very good friends at the supermarket near the apartment. I’m pretty sure the butcher you see in the photo above is in love with Serena. Our first visit there we were like superstars for some reason-the thrill of foreigners I guess. But it’s nice, and it’s a great opportunity to practice Spanish (and for Butcher Bob to practice his Italian).
1 comment:
Leslie,
The food sounds rich & delicious! Do the Valencians ever "work-out" at the gym? It would be super hard for me to say no to any of the food, especially the bebidas. We just returned from 4 days of camping in the woods (yes, there were snakes)! Do you have plans to visit Seville or Madrid? Learn lots so that you can returno de las estados unidos & teach me Spanish!
XOXOXO,
j TO
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