The first three days and my eating adventures

I've officially been in Spain for 3 days, though it really feels like a lot longer since we've had so much time to explore the city and its parts without any responsibility. Ay! It's been great! Naturally, most of my excitement from the past few days has been food inspired: going to tapas bars for four course meals, stopping by the bread lady who sells french loaves and sweetbread for almost nothing, and longingly staring into the pastelerías full of chocolate croissants and shelves of fruity pastries.

Though most of you readers (reader?) know, I have always had grande affection for food in general since the tender age of teething, however, I still have yet to dive into the ocean to spear some cod or wrangle up a few clams. But alas, to the great delight of my brother, living among fish-loving Andalusians has forced me to get over those little prawn eyes looking up at me from beneath a blanket of paella and the oily gumminess of cold, whole silvery fish that sit atop potato chips. I've gotten to practice my Anthony Bourdain-ness many a-time already. Besides those adventurous experiences, though, I have had the pleasure of chocolate con churros, an amazing fondue-like experience in which one dips fried dough (churros) into a hot-chocolate-fondue concoction. SO DELICIOUS. And so many more wonderful food (and other) experiences to go, even tonight, as I head off to the big group dinner. Who knows what (or who) with be staring up at me tonight?

More later, my friends, siempre más