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One thing that I cannot believe I haven't talked about in my blog is the food in Spain. So what is typical Spanish food you ask? One might say "Spanish food...ummm that's food like from Mexico: tacos, burritos, enchiladas, tamales y quesadillas, right?" - WRONG. Spanish food is so different from Mexican food. The most typical and popular dish here is paella. Paella is a dish made with rice mixed with tons of fun stuff: shrimp, peppers, meat, clams, fish and whatever you want to throw in there. My host family usually prepares paella with seafood. It is deliciosooo. Every part of Spain has a typical dish. In Catalonia it is typical to eat bread (tastes better toasted) with tomato and garlic as an appetizer. In Madrid the calamari sandwich is popular. Due to the fact that I am living near the Mediterranean Sea I have eaten a lot of seafood such as octopus, calamari, sea snails, clams, many types of fish and shrimp. Other foods that we usually eat for lunch or dinner are pasta, meat (pork, rabbit, lamb) and I can't forget the salad, bread and water.

Paella

The meal times here are a lot different from home. Here breakfast (el desayuno) is somewhat the same: for us it's 8 a.m. on weekdays and 10 a.m. on weekends. Lunch (la comida) in the US is usually eaten around 12-1 p.m. and in Spain I eat lunch around 3 p.m. in the US I usually ate dinner (la cena) around 6 or 7 p.m. whereas in Spain we eat around 9;30-10 p.m. So there you have the meal times. For me it was not that hard to adjust to the meal schedule, but everyone is different.

In Spain we always eat dessert after lunch and dinner- it's great! I must admit that I have become addicted to a dessert called flan. I had tried it many times in the US and Mexico but I fell in love with it in Spain. Typical desserts here are flan, lionesas, yogurt, crepes and fruit.

Lionesas (chocolate on top and cream inside) = glorious

Speaking of food I do miss American food a lot (junk food jajajaj.) I also miss my mother's cooking especially her tamales. In Spain they do have McDonald's, Burger King, Domino's and KFC. However, the prices are twice as much as in the States. So far I have only gone to McDonald's in Spain out of the fast food joints I listed.

Every country has its own culture and the food is a big part of it.

Stereotypical American Food