by Katie Reed
Universidad Publica de Navarra
Yesterday was quite an interesting day or evening I should say. We went to class as normal, took a short nap after class, and then met up to head to the grocery. We wanted to try an actual recipe this time, so Bobby and I went to Suzette's room and found a recipe for paella for us to make. We also wanted to go to the Corte Ingles rather than the usual supermarket we had been going to. The Corte Ingles turned out to be HUGE. There were at least 10 floors to it; Courtney, Amanda, and I went through every floor on the escalators just to see what all they had. In the basement part of the store was the supermarket. We all divided up the list of things we needed and got all our ingredients for dinner. Then we headed back to the dorm. On the way we searched out where we could find our textbook since we had only been able to buy two thusfar because the stores had been out of stock. Once we got our books we headed on our way. When we got back to the dorm we all went to Suzette's room to cook. We cut up the tomatoes, peppers, and onions. Courtney and I peeled and butterflied the shrimp, and I began boiling our fish broth. Then we added the cooked vegetables, rice, shrimp, peas, saffron, and a few other spices. Bobby cut up the bread and by that time it was all ready to eat. We went to the common area on the first floor and had a wonderful dinner together. We were quite amazed at how good the paella was. We did great! After dinner we sat around and talked for awhile and then it was time for bed after I talked to my mom, Bubba, and my Kitty Kitty on skype :). (Which by the way I learned that unlike Bubba, my kitty actually knows to look at mom's phone when I am on skype and he hears my voice....I love my babies!) This morning everyone was running late. Amanda, Kara, and I went to class and Suzette asked where Bobby was. I in turn told her we thought she had him, and she said she thought we had him. Courtney had already called me and told me she was running late, so Suzette ran back to the dorm and woke Bobby up and finally about 30 minutes after time to start class everyone was ready. It was just clearly a Monday for all of us between Kara spilling her coffee, Suzette dropping her water bottle, and all of us being tired. When the coffee was spilled Suzette ran to the cafeteria to get some napkins and we very soon learned that napkins here are nothing like they are in the states. We have started calling them pieces of plastic because they almost feel like plastic and they do not absorb anything! However, after the grammer part of class we went to the Museo de Navarra. This museum was pretty cool, not really my kind of thing but it was interesting. After we left there we headed back towards the dorm and decided to stop at Dominos for some lunch. There were some very questionable guys in there. We weren't sure if they were there dealing drugs or what they were doing but they were definitely up to something. Anyways, we got our pizza, ate lunch (experienced more plastic napkins), and headed back to school. It is now about 4:30 in the afternoon here and it is time for a nap for us. No big plans tonight, just taking it easy.
Universidad Publica de Navarra
Yesterday was quite an interesting day or evening I should say. We went to class as normal, took a short nap after class, and then met up to head to the grocery. We wanted to try an actual recipe this time, so Bobby and I went to Suzette's room and found a recipe for paella for us to make. We also wanted to go to the Corte Ingles rather than the usual supermarket we had been going to. The Corte Ingles turned out to be HUGE. There were at least 10 floors to it; Courtney, Amanda, and I went through every floor on the escalators just to see what all they had. In the basement part of the store was the supermarket. We all divided up the list of things we needed and got all our ingredients for dinner. Then we headed back to the dorm. On the way we searched out where we could find our textbook since we had only been able to buy two thusfar because the stores had been out of stock. Once we got our books we headed on our way. When we got back to the dorm we all went to Suzette's room to cook. We cut up the tomatoes, peppers, and onions. Courtney and I peeled and butterflied the shrimp, and I began boiling our fish broth. Then we added the cooked vegetables, rice, shrimp, peas, saffron, and a few other spices. Bobby cut up the bread and by that time it was all ready to eat. We went to the common area on the first floor and had a wonderful dinner together. We were quite amazed at how good the paella was. We did great! After dinner we sat around and talked for awhile and then it was time for bed after I talked to my mom, Bubba, and my Kitty Kitty on skype :). (Which by the way I learned that unlike Bubba, my kitty actually knows to look at mom's phone when I am on skype and he hears my voice....I love my babies!) This morning everyone was running late. Amanda, Kara, and I went to class and Suzette asked where Bobby was. I in turn told her we thought she had him, and she said she thought we had him. Courtney had already called me and told me she was running late, so Suzette ran back to the dorm and woke Bobby up and finally about 30 minutes after time to start class everyone was ready. It was just clearly a Monday for all of us between Kara spilling her coffee, Suzette dropping her water bottle, and all of us being tired. When the coffee was spilled Suzette ran to the cafeteria to get some napkins and we very soon learned that napkins here are nothing like they are in the states. We have started calling them pieces of plastic because they almost feel like plastic and they do not absorb anything! However, after the grammer part of class we went to the Museo de Navarra. This museum was pretty cool, not really my kind of thing but it was interesting. After we left there we headed back towards the dorm and decided to stop at Dominos for some lunch. There were some very questionable guys in there. We weren't sure if they were there dealing drugs or what they were doing but they were definitely up to something. Anyways, we got our pizza, ate lunch (experienced more plastic napkins), and headed back to school. It is now about 4:30 in the afternoon here and it is time for a nap for us. No big plans tonight, just taking it easy.