Vamos de Compras

Just looking at it makes my mouth water.

Last night, Kayla, Jenn, Brad and I met up at Natalia's to chill and play UNO while a lot of the others went out to the bars. We felt like we had gone out almost every night so far, and we just wanted to relax so we don't burn out. We asked each other all those lame get-to-know-you questions, but it was fun and we all feel closer to each other.

Today Natalia and I met up for a little shopping before the siesta started (everything closes and siesta starts around 2pm). First, we gave into our cravings for churros y chocolate. I finally got a good picture to show how thick and delicious it is! The churros taste kind of like funnel cake without powdered sugar. I actually prefer it with a croissant, because the fried taste was a little too much for me.

It was closed but, OMG I found a yarn store!

Afterwards, we hit Stradivarius, a store that I had actually been to several times in Portugal. It has super cute clothes for not too expensive. I bought a pair of skinny jeans on sale for 15,99 euros. I need some to wear with the cute shoes and boots that I have yet to buy. I also noticed that everyone wears skinny jeans here. Good thing I only brought flares and they are totally out of style, haha.

After we went in a few more places, we decided to head back to my apartment to use the wifi and make lunch. But, as we were walking back, someone came up to me and told me that my mochila was open. I turned around and it was Nadia, the Argentinian exchange student that we had met a few days before! We met her Argentinian friend Edgardo, who we thought was a Spaniard. Too bad...but, he did speak to us in en Español (Natalia and I were very happy about this)!

They asked us if we wanted to sit down and have a cerveza so, of course, we couldn't turn down an opportunity to charlar en Español for a lengthy amount of time. It was super fun! They invited us to a party at their apartment around 11:30 tonight. Hopefully, we will meet some Spaniards so we can practice before classes start!

Lunch I made: Gouda, cream cheese, and jamón asado (it tastes like bacon, mmm) from the Mercado.
The chips are "receita camponesa"--the yummy ones we had in Portugal!