As Ale, Clare and I sat sipping café con leche outside a popular café near Plaza Nueva yesterday in the gorgeous Spanish afternoon weather I had another moment of ‘wow- this is my life. I am so lucky.’ That peaceful moment was quickly interrupted by some crazy people who walked by (the main reason we go to this café is for the phenomenal people watching). Our waiter also kept stammering unintelligible things to us, and then brought us extra tapas and some lollipops. (Cafe Lisboa- pictured)Day 2 of bartending was crazy, but good. It started off slow and then about 100 people came into the bar at once, sending me into a little bit of a panic, but was able to handle everything. There was one table of 15 that ordered shots and then refused to pay for them, which pissed me off, and they ended up leaving 15 1-cent coins as a tip, the jerks. There were also a ton of really drunk and not so pleasant Irish and Scottish fellows that I had a harder time understanding than the Spaniards. Towards the end of the night half of the bar was occupied by some of my friends who had come by for support so it actually ended up being a lot of fun. I also really enjoyed the other bartenders who were working with me, especially one girl from Denmark (it took ALL of my self control not to quote Hamlet all night. Seriously much harder than any bartending.).
Lately I have gotten into the habit of watching 2 or 3 hours of Spanish game shows every week. My favorite is one that was popular in the 60s (70s?) in the states- called Password.
I get really wrapped up in it- I sit on the edge of my seat frantically flipping through my Spanish/English dictionary and yelling things at the screen. I love high-anxiety word games. The other one I watch a lot is pretty much a Spanish Wheel of Fortune, not great, but it always seems to be on. I have yet to guess any of these correctly.
Forrest Mars, Sr., founder of the Mars Company, got the idea for the confection in the 1930s during the Spanish Civil War when he saw soldiers eating chocolate pellets with a hard shell surrounding the inside, preventing them from melting.
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