Update City, Part One: Spain

Allright, allright, Valentine's Day has passed and I haven't even posted pictures from Christmas yet... I'm sorry!! (A combination of busy-ness, laziness, and general avoidance of the computer outside of work hours has contributed to my poor blogging record.)

So for those of you e-mailing me to update the ol' bloggerino, here is the first in a series of snapshots of what has happened in the past two months, illustrated with (appropriately)... snapshots.

Here is the first shot: Nana and me in Downtown Madrid! Nana was an excellent tour guide. She showed us all sorts of things in Madrid. Here is what we saw:

1. Calamari Sandwiches: Deep-fried squid, covered in salt and squished into a buttered white roll. Mmmmmmmmm... grease, salt and butter... Madrid is delicious!

2. Spanish lunches: Lunch is the biggest meal in Spain. Restaurants often have a set lunch (called a "menu") which offers three courses. This is the second course of one of the best meals I've ever eaten. An entire fish. After this course, we ate fried milk for dessert. Yum!

3. Paella: Jose gave us a lesson in how to make seafood paella. Now we can bring Spain home with us!

4. Spanish sweets: We took a day-trip to Segovia, home to (a gorgeous cathedral and the castle of King Alfonso VI, a real Roman aqueduct... and) these sweeties!

5. Christmas Sweets: Spanish grocery stores sell large platters of traditional Spanish sweets to ensure a Feliz Navidad!

We certainly enjoyed our trip to Spain. Thank you, Nana y Jose! Next time, maybe we'll even step away from the table long enough to see some sights! Or, we could move to Madrid and teach useful English phrases like...