Hola, I have to leave for Madrid en la manana, so Roger will have to take over the blogging. You may see more professional entries from the expert, but I do have to admit this is pretty fun. Today was a very fantastico culinary day for us in Alicante. Because I will be leaving and we have avoided the temptation thus far, we finally went to the Churreria below the apt and had churros and chocolate. OMG!!! Talk about yummy breakfast! They just pour hot chocolate (not the drink, but a chocolate type sauce) into a coffee cup and serve it with churros. Then you dip away and can drink or eat the chocolate after you devour the churros. Seems more like a dessert, but it is served a lot for breakfast!
After churros, we braved the bus to the University for Roger’s class. I actually held my tongue today and didn’t try to participate too much, except to adjust the A/C. It was really nice to sit in a room with A/C for almost 2 hours!! You don’t know what you are missing until you go without it for awhile. We took some pictures where I look a little goofy posing with alien cactus. We came home and made our own tapas from pepinillos, green olives, and pringles. Yummy.
For the evening, we went back to Austin for some drinks before dinner. We tried a Capriahni-which was very tasty-but we don’t really know what is in it. We then explored the streets in search of dining options. We rounded an unfamiliar corner and happened upon a charming little Indian restaurant called Shiik II. The people were extremely friendly and even spoke fluent English. We ate what the owner recommended and everything was excellent. The samosas and tamarind chutney were out of this world! So was the rest of the meal. We also met a very nice family on holdiay who currently lived in Sweden, but were originally from Bangladesh. Good times, good times.
Roger and I then walked around the Esplanade and headed for the hot apt. The experience of ’living’ in a different culture is a great life experience, and very different from just travelling on vacation. Two big things to remember if you ever come to Europe: alway go in to the bathroom stall that has a handle on the inside so you can actually leave the bathroom and don’t believe what the internet or newspapers tell you about the temperature!
