Comida

Of course, being who I am, food has always been very important, and the culinary aspects of this experience will have lasting effects, I´m sure. I eat so many things now regularly that I never did before, and never thought I would, and when I get home I´ll probably eat just about anything that´s put in front of me. Not only the pescado, which I never liked when I was younger (but am getting more used to now) but also things like champiñones, (and setas in general) aceitunas, remolachas (yes Mom, your favorite!) And lots of other stuff. I only like a few mariscos before coming here, but on this trip we´ve had lots of calamares and I can even choke down a chopito or two. We´ll see. I´m kind of sick of all the jamón they eat here, but I´ll survive. So far my favorites are paella and tortilla española. In Segovia yesterday a couple guys were going to try cochinillo (some of you, i.e. Kathryn, are better off not looking that one up) but I abstained.