Food, Drink, and Clothes

Hola! One thing very interesting here is the food. They eat ham with everything! There are even ham flavored ruffles chips in our school's cafeteria. Coffee is also huge here which works out perfectly for me. They put so much milk in it though! We have instant coffee which is made with hot milk rather than water. It's very strange, but good. I've also been eating some sea food, which I don't love, but it's a lot more fresh here so it's not bad. The only difference is the way that they prepare things. My senora made us this dish with shrimp in it, only the shrimp was whole, with a head and outer shell! My host mom was very amused when I had no idea what to do with it. Otherwise, the food has been really delicious!
On Saturday night I went out to one of the gazillion bars here with a bunch of the ISA kids in my group. It was really chill and had a sweet atmosphere. The only thing that's annoying is all the smoke, since there aren't any laws about smoking in bars. Ick. And, almost everyone in Spain smokes cigarettes. I'm not sure why, but I see people of every age, everywhere, smoking. Everything starts so late at night, too! We didn't even go to a discoteca and still didn't get to bed until after 4:30 in the morning! There's so much night life here that's really fun. Soon I think we're going to try to find this jazz club that we've heard about.
I'm starting to get more homework, but it's still so much less than I have at school. The past week has been pretty rainy and cold but I think it's supposed to warm up soon. All the women here wear these awesome boots that don't have a heel. I keep looking for a cheap pair. There are so many fancy boutiques and at the same time so many cheap department stores. Today we went to a street market that is only open on Thursdays. There were so many booths! Some things were so cheap, like cute scarves, and clothes, and purses! I didn't buy anything, but one of the girls I was with bought a pair of cheap, awesome boots, and the other bought a scarf and jacket.
Hopefully it won't be as long till my next post.