I think I was a Spaniard in my past life :)

Hi everyone!

I am in Salamanca right now at an internet café with a bunch of other students. We just ate at an amazing restaurant. Every one has a menú del día, which is a 3 course meal that includes dessert and wine for about 11€. Kelsey and I have been sharing most of our meals because it´s a lot of food, and cheaper to boot. The first course was a kind of beef stew, with mushrooms and potatoes. The main course was trout, but it was whole--gills, head, eyes, everything. It was really delicious though, but you had to watch for fish bones. It came with a salad, and then we had flan for dessert. I think I am becoming a wine conneisseur, too :) Actually I am clueless and usually ask what is good or stick with the house wine. Kelsey drinks a lot of wine back home, so she helps me out too. We are going to the Plaza Mayor tonight to watch the Eurocup soccer game. Spain is still in it, so if they win it should be pretty crazy to see. We stayed in Ávila yesterday, which is a walled medieval city. Kelsey and I went to a local bar. There was only a few guys in their 50s there, so they gave us some pretty strange looks when we first walked in. Most people over the age of 30 don´t speak a word of English. We struck up a conversation and ended up talking with them for over an hour. They were really nice, and we talked about everything from American politics and the election, to the war in Iraq and the price of gas. None of them have been to America, so they asked a lot of questions about what it´s like. I took tons of pictures already, but will have to wait until Barcelona to post them all. It is so pretty here! We also went to a monastery in San Lorenzo, and two museums with works by Greco, Goya, Picasso, and Dalí. Picasso doesn´t make any more sense up close! We met a lot of fun people in Madrid too from Brazil, London, and France. I love Spain! We are in Salamanca until Saturday, then move on to Burgos. Hope everyone back home is well, talk to you soon.

Hasta luego,
Becca