Tapas with Class

Today was a good day! Classes we about half to less than half full because we don't have school on Thursday or Friday, so people are on vacations and exploring Europe. In one of my classes we even got to play Tabu for a good majority of the time. It was really fun but it is a difficult game, especially in Spanish.

In my Spanish Civilization and Culture class we went out for tapas. This was a planned "field trip" because we are learning about everything about Spain, including their cuisine. There were about 16 of us that went out for tapas, during the class period, which made it even better.

We had to walk about 3 to 4 blocks to get to the restaurant, that was open just for us because tapas don't usually start until 8 pm. We ordered our drinks and then the tapas began!

First he came out with chips smothered in oil and topped with a pickled fish. We couldn't figure out exactly what it was, but we guessed either anchovies or herring. I told myself I was going to try everything that was brought out to us just to live a little and experience it. It actually wasn't that bad and you couldn't even taste the fishy-ness of it. He also came out with a red, tomato based soup. We soon learned that it was (or similar to) gazpacho. I was not a fan of it because it was too tomato-ey and it was cold. He also served us fresh bread, which was delicious!

Second he came out with couscous, which were to die for. Awesome taste and perfect texture. It made me excited for Morocco because I hear that's a very common dish in Morocco. He also came out with a second round of drinks, which I was no expecting because we were there in a school group. 

Next he came out with snails, in a brown sauce. I was very resistant to try these at first because I couldn't wrap my head around the fact that it was snails. I tried the sauce that they were soaking in before I actually tried the snail, just to make sure that I would like the taste. The sauce was really good  and I was ready to try the snails. We took toothpicks to get the snail out and then boom, ate it! Spectacular! I was hooked and had about 5 more. I would definitely go back just for the snails. The owner also brought out something that looked like chili, but it was definitely not chili. The base of the dish was thicker than I could have ever expected and it had pig intestines in it. I tried it and it wasn't that bad but the flavor was not awesome. I had a few more spoonfuls and I figured that was enough for me.

The last dish that he brought out was chicken in a sauce with fries. This dish was in close second to the snails for the best dish of the night. It had a very unique taste that I couldn't describe if I wanted to, so I will definitely be returning to order this!

I came home to a dinner that I was not ready to scarf down because of the amount of food that I had just eaten, but I had to eat just to be kind and not disrespect Mila. 

Later on in the night Rachael and I met up with Michael and we went to Tantra. Tantra was dead in comparison to what it was this past weekend, and we couldn't figure out why. We had a drink, hung out for a bit and left. We then went to Babylon and took my favorite shot, Chocolate and Bailey's and then we went to Granada 10.

This is an attempted shot of what Granada 10 looks like on the inside. There are steps on the left of the picture (really the middle of the room) to go down to the dance floor. There is a bar to the left of the picture and 2 bars on the dance floor. There are also couches throughout the room and chairs.

We ended up calling it an early night, leaving the club at 2:30 because we just weren't feeling the music or in the dancing mood. Soon after getting home I crashed because I was exhausted after my long day of classes and then going out!