"Muy cool"

That phrase credit must go to one of our intercambios. Here they say "que guay" - "how cool/that's so cool."
Speaking of cool. The last two days have been a little "chilly." That basically means not 38 C at 1pm. It was kind of odd to walk down the street and think "oh, it's a cool 36 C." On the way to school (around 8:45), there's a pharmacy sign that displays the temperature. It's been low 20s- that's chilly for here.

Life here has been pretty normal. The dogs and I are best friends. You've probably already figured that out. I think I'll talk about food a bit. They have a different idea of meal times than we do in the States. Breakfast basically consists of toast and coffee (or tea or milk). I recently discovered that our morning coffee is decaf. (Insert very sad face.) Maybe that's why I've needed to get my a.m. power jolt down the street during break a few times. The kids drink hot chocolate.
Your next meal is "la comida" or what we would call dinner, but sometime around 2 or 3pm. At our house, we usually have some sort of soup, pasta, or veggies for the first course, along with French loaf slices. Our host mom makes great cold soups- gazpacho, a veggie/broccoli, and a veggie/cauliflower. The second course is usually just the meat or fish. Occasionally, it will be a salad. Sevilla has better access to fresh seafood than Michigan does; therefore, we eat more seafood. Sometimes it's a little weird. I'm getting a little more accustomed to it. One day we had these little fish called "boquerones." I guess they are kind of like sardines. It sort of freaked me out because they were fried, whole. You can eat them whole or take out the little spine. You won't choke on it. I could not get myself to eat the whole thing, head and tail included, so I kinda worked around those.... Another day, we had clams. Well, before eating them, you had to pull them out of the shell. Another popular dish, rice with "gambas," tiny shrimp. So.. yeah. Lots of seafood. Dessert consists of fruit- usually watermelon or apples. After la comida, Spaniards don't really eat until late in the evening. This afternoon, our Spanish professors from back home took us out to eat. They were visiting Sevilla as a family. It was a restaurant at some type of culinary school. They were training waiters and chefs. Maybe something more like a hospitality services training? The food was very good, as was the presentation.
Our "cena," or supper, is usually around 9/9:30pm, but some families eat as late at 10 or 11pm. This is a lighter meal. If we happen to miss "cena" because we go to the watch the soccer game at Las Setas (for example), there are tapas. I think I talked about tapas already, but a quick review- they're super tiny dishes. Just about every street has a place serving tapas in the evening, and there's always plenty of people. Locals or tourists, depending on the location. What's really great about tapas is that you can order a few different things and have some variety without spending a lot (well, depends- local or tourist area). We'll usually order a couple dishes to split, and everyone tries a bite or two of everything. Near the cathedral and in Barrio de Santa Cruz, tapas go for about 4€. On Calle Santa Maria la Blanca, Alfalfa, or near our house, you can find tapas for 2€. Anyway, that's the general overview of Spanish  eating habits.

Sometimes menus get translated kind of funny. Examples:
Jam vs Ham
Breade vs Bread
Espinach vs Spinach

I wonder what sort of errors are in our Spanish menus at home...

Besos!