When in Rome...eh, Spain I mean (May 11th)

Today the sun was supposed to be out...just in time for me to get back to my beach side hostel.

I guess the weathermen weren't completely wrong because the sun was out...but the freezing cold wind blowing off of the Mediterranean was just too much to bear.

As I pondered what to do for the rest of the day, I decided to follow the phrase, "When in Rome, do as the Romans do" for the rest of the day.

So I started it off with taking a nice long siesta. This is the great thing about not having any agenda whatsoever. No work to try to steal away from to catch some zzz's...just lay down and take a nap.

I got up when I felt like it and called mi madre on Madre's Dia (pfff, Spanish ain't hard). I also talked with Emily for awhile bringing the grand total of the conversations to $76.50...man it's expensive to call home. Oh well, money well spent...Happy Mother's Day again, momma!

Keeping with my Spanish theme, I headed out for a night of tapas and futbol. Now I was trying to be daring, so I ordered spicy meatballs, mussels, and fried squid, or sepia I think it was called.

The mussels, I thought, would be my safe pick because I've had them earlier in the trip at Chinque Terre. Well no, it was not safe as the crappy taste of these MUSSELS was too STRONG (that one's for you, pops).

The meatballs were quite good and I was glad I ordered them. It provided a bit of culinary sanity to my meal.

The squid wasn't my favorite. It was better then the mussels though, so I'll give it that. It tasted kind of plain and was kind of hard and chewy, like really thick egg whites that were cooked too long.

Luckily I had a gigantic beer to polish it all down with. And bread...lots of bread with oil.

The futbol game was alright, but it's just not the same as GOOD football. Too much punting.

Overall, my appreciation of Spanish culture isn't on par with my appreciation of the other cultures I've visited, but I'm glad I got to experience it. Now I know.

And who knows, maybe I have a better time the next time I visit:)