Milk!

I think I may have found a substitute for the massive amounts of milk I usually drink while at home. It isn't perfect, but it will keep me from becoming calcium-deficient. And no, it isn't the queso they put on everything here, because oh do they love their cheese. What happened was at breakfast a few days ago, I was trying to get some cold, funny tasting milk and it was out. The man next to me pointed me to a large metal container with a spout. When I tested it, I found it had HOT milk..I didn't know what to do with my glass of steaming milk till I noticed some chocolate powder nearby. After mixing the two, I had what turned out to be a delicious creamy glass of hot chocolate! It is really, really good! Probably not the healthiest way to have milk, but I'm willing to have hot chocolate every morning.

In other news, my plans to visit Tarragona yesterday failed miserably because of the wind advisories. I and some hallmates instead decided to nap and then visit Las Ramblas and the Museu d'historia de Catalunya. We had a lot of fun, as you will see when I post photos, with the interactive areas of the museum. Afterward we went to a restaurant and had afternoon tapas, before heading back to our dorm. Megan and I then napped, had dinner, and eventually got ready to go out. We visited Pipermint's, a bar famous for its LARGE and expensive (think 6 or 13 L) drinks that come with lots of straws. I did not feel like going in on that experience, I'd rather spend my money in other ways. Afterward, we went to a club nearby called Mary's Place. The atmosphere was pleasant and not a crazy-drunken-smoky club scene, but we left after a little bit, didn't feel like finding another place, and went home.

Oh, and this morning when I checked my email, I discovered that IES had sent out a bulletin yesterday warning us about the wind advisory. They also warned us to stay away from the coast where the wind was strongest. Turns out that when we went to the history museum, it was right on Port Vell, and we then walked the entire length of Port Vell..Oops! But it was afternoon by that time and we never felt any strong wind gusts, they had died down by that time.