I don't know how it happened, but somehow lent snuck up on me this year. On Monday Rosie was like hey tomorrow's Fat Tuesday and we should go all out! I was like what the heck?? How is it Fat Tuesday already? Not only did it make me aware of the fact that I had to hurry up and decide what to do for lent, but I also realized...I've been in Spain now for almost 2 months. 2 MONTHS!! The time has literally flown by.
Anyways though I was super excited about getting to celebrate Fat Tuesday because after being food poisoned I had a very sensitive stomach for a long time and I was deprived of good food. So not only did we get our muffins, we also went out for dinner. I hardly ever eat out in Spain so that in itself was a treat. But even more than that, we went to an Italian restaurant. I haven't had Italian food since before I left for Spain and it's my favorite food. I have literally been having cravings like a pregnant woman.
So anyways we went to this Italian restaurant and I ordered tortellini rigatoni espinaca with a 4 formaggio sauce. It. Was. AMAZING!!! I can't even explain to you how good it was. But I'm going to try. In one bite I was able to put 80% of the food poisoning trauma behind me. It was that amazing. It was like a burst of salty, cheesy, pasta-y goodness exploding on my taste buds and warming my sensitive belly :) And the wine we got to accompany it was also good. I have to be honest I'm not a huge fan of the flavor of wine in general, but a glass just warms up my heart hahaha. For dessert I had a chocolate ice cream with cookies in it. It was also amazing. Overall it was literally the best Fat Tuesday ever! Not because I did anything particularly exciting, it was just the combination of getting Italian food, my muffin, and being healthy again that just made my whole day!
After I got back from dinner I was talking to my host mom Maria Carmen about how I needed to fast on Ash Wednesday and how I couldn't eat meat any Fridays. Well first she tried to convince me I'm not supposed to eat meat on Wednesdays, and then she was like ok well just eat this tomorrow, and she showed me a vegetarian dish.
So Ash Wednesday rolled around and I was all gung-ho about fasting and going to church to get ashes. After wandering around the centro for almost an hour looking for a church that was currently holding mass I eventually decided to give up and go home to check masstimes.org. Yeah I really use it cause I go to church! But it wasn't working! The website was like...on Ash Wednesday overload. I don't know why but I just assumed that in Spain they would have mass likeee every 10 minutes on Ash Wednesday. So I settled for going to the Cathedral at 5 in the afternoon. But also when I got home there was this huge lunch prepared for me. Um...I guess we have different understandings of the word fasting. The other weird thing was that I didn't see anyone with ashes on their forehead. Not a single person. I figured out why when I went to church. They don't do ashes on your forehead in Spain. They just sort of...get a good solid pinch in their fingers, and sort of..."poof" it on the top of your head. I wish I could demonstrate the action in blog form but you're just going to have to use your imagination on this one. For my fasting day dinner I got a plate full of fried potatoes and two fried eggs. Oh, and Maria Carmen informed me that she called her mother and I was right, you don't eat meat on Fridays. Who knew! haha
The funny thing is that last night for dinner I went to eat meat and my host dad and brother (the Leandros) both freaked for a second and they were like "Waiiit it's lent!!!! ...Oh wait it's Thursday nevermind." Glad to know they've got my back in case I ever really do slip!
Anyways though I was super excited about getting to celebrate Fat Tuesday because after being food poisoned I had a very sensitive stomach for a long time and I was deprived of good food. So not only did we get our muffins, we also went out for dinner. I hardly ever eat out in Spain so that in itself was a treat. But even more than that, we went to an Italian restaurant. I haven't had Italian food since before I left for Spain and it's my favorite food. I have literally been having cravings like a pregnant woman.
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| This is Ji and me, and I'm loving my pasta |
After I got back from dinner I was talking to my host mom Maria Carmen about how I needed to fast on Ash Wednesday and how I couldn't eat meat any Fridays. Well first she tried to convince me I'm not supposed to eat meat on Wednesdays, and then she was like ok well just eat this tomorrow, and she showed me a vegetarian dish.
So Ash Wednesday rolled around and I was all gung-ho about fasting and going to church to get ashes. After wandering around the centro for almost an hour looking for a church that was currently holding mass I eventually decided to give up and go home to check masstimes.org. Yeah I really use it cause I go to church! But it wasn't working! The website was like...on Ash Wednesday overload. I don't know why but I just assumed that in Spain they would have mass likeee every 10 minutes on Ash Wednesday. So I settled for going to the Cathedral at 5 in the afternoon. But also when I got home there was this huge lunch prepared for me. Um...I guess we have different understandings of the word fasting. The other weird thing was that I didn't see anyone with ashes on their forehead. Not a single person. I figured out why when I went to church. They don't do ashes on your forehead in Spain. They just sort of...get a good solid pinch in their fingers, and sort of..."poof" it on the top of your head. I wish I could demonstrate the action in blog form but you're just going to have to use your imagination on this one. For my fasting day dinner I got a plate full of fried potatoes and two fried eggs. Oh, and Maria Carmen informed me that she called her mother and I was right, you don't eat meat on Fridays. Who knew! haha
The funny thing is that last night for dinner I went to eat meat and my host dad and brother (the Leandros) both freaked for a second and they were like "Waiiit it's lent!!!! ...Oh wait it's Thursday nevermind." Glad to know they've got my back in case I ever really do slip!
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