Hello, Spain!

Its been 5 days, and I am having a great time. Our flights were on time, and we got to Spain without any trouble at all. Arriving in Granada, we were all sleep deprived and happy to be going home with host families. My host mom is very kind but clearly is confused about the practicality of vegetarianism. I was planning on keeping my veggie-ness mostly to myself and just eat less of the meaty foods. I really wanted to be adventurous and eat all the good food that Spain had to offer. However, when Rebecca (we are staying together at the same host family) and I sat down for our first meal with our host family, we were served hamburgers, french fries and cut up peices of meat and cheese. I just could not do it! It was just too hard for my first piece of meat in almost a year to be the poster child of processed, american meat. When I told my host mom that I was a vegetarian, she seemed to feel really bad about it. She kept saying ¡La escuella no digame nada! I tried to tell her that it was no big deal, I am used to picking around meat, but I think she still felt bad. She asked me what I did and didn´t eat. I did say that I would eat fish and seafood. I felt like it was a good compromise, even though I don´t really like it much. Since that day, I have had some form of seafood in every single meal! I have to say, I am proud at my ability to eat it. I have just been using my tricks to eat food I don´t like! Anyway, I got to go I will fill you all in on the rest of Granada and our trip to the beach!

-Kate