Comida, Comida, Comida!

       Tonight I went to dinner at a friend of Merche's with she and Maite. Her apartment is in Barinain, a a really nice suburb of Pamplona. There were five families there. All of the kids were Maite's age or about sixteen. I had so much fun at dinner. I was just so in love with the atmosphere. I felt happy and warm and welcomed. And to be honest, I was the center of attention. I'm sorry, but I really enjoyed it. They all asked me so many questions and they made me speak so much Spanish tonight! It was just so great. Besides the conversation, the food was fantastic. We started out with the Spanish omelette and some bread. There was also this great chorizo (some kind of meat) for an appetizer. We then had some potato salad with an interesting twist: tuna. I liked it, my it was definitely not my favorite thing. As exchange students we are expected to try everything that is offered. After the tuna potato salad we moved on to...wait for it..wait for it...PIZZA. Oh my gosh. It was such great pizza. It was the first pizza I had eaten in at least a month. It had ham on it and it was so nice an crispy. Mmm. Next we had something that I don't know the name of but will attempt to describe...it is rice formed into little hockey-puck shapes with a tomato sauce with peppers over top. It's pretty good. After the yummy hockey-pucks we had stuffed peppers! The stuffed peppers were so amazing! Then we had more pizza. After the last round of pizza we moved onto dessert. We drank this very sweet milk. It was delicious. We then had the amazing pastries with melted chocolate sprinkles from Tabenera and some kind of apple dessert. The apple dessert reminded me too much of flan, so I wasn't too into that. I ate it with a smile anyways. It's been about four hours since I ate dinner and I am still stuffed. This was the most I have eaten since I've been in Spain. They kept stuffing my face. They wouldn't let me say no! And the food was great so I really didn't want to...but my stomach is pretty upset with my decision. Haha. Oh and if you are a guest for a dinner such as tonight's, then you must bring a gift i.e. wine, dessert etc. After dinner all of us "kids" took a long walk around Barinain. It was a lot of fun. I had the chance to really talk to Maite and that was so nice. I want to become closer to her...it's just taking me some time. While I can remember, I wanted to mention that there are wedding dresses in so many windows here. They are all so gorgeous. Oh my goodness. Every girl deserves a dress as beautiful as these. Seriously, they are amazing. Anyways, we arrived home around midnight and I've been catching up on my computer since. It's about 2:10 am here and I am exhausted now. Tomorrow I am going to sleep in and then I think I am going to do some shopping on my own. I feel like I deserve a day to myself to buy some things. I'm ready for some new shirts. I didn't bring enough. I hate repeating outfits at school....haha...but really. I can buy some things...I've only bought one shirt for myself in the five weeks I've been here, so it's time. I hope that everyone has a great Columbus Day! (In Spain we get Tuesday off as well!) I'm so tired so good night everyone. I love you! Besos!!