Today I woke up around 7, (groan) but it was well worth it because I got to go see Núria play in the marching band! we went to a small "pueblo" outside of Barcelona and there were 70 horses and carriages in a parade. The parade went around the pueblo three times. The first time the animals were blessed with holy water, which was interesting to see. People were throwing candy, but only hard candy and I got hit in the face a few times. The only kind I tried was brown and I'm still mulling over what flavor it could have been. Well, after that the only possibly logical thing to do would be to eat long burnt onions, called calçots. Well we did that and they are AMAZING! They don't taste anything like any long burnt onion you've had before. (not that I've ever had a long burnt onion before)
Calçots
After that, we ate a lot of meat, because who doesn't like meat except vegetarians and people who don't like meat. I ate thumper the rabbit. (Rabbit is DELICIOUS). So, three cups of coffee later, Núria and I rushed to the stadium to see the FCB game. I'm not sure who it was against to be honest but the opposing players were not on their game. Barca scored 7 times. They scored zero. This is why Catalunya should be its own country. Well, the game to put it lightly, was epic. I could see the individual blades of grass on the field. Okay maybe I wasn't that close but I'm just trying to get my point across. Anyway, we returned to the house after a long day, and now I'm going into hibernation until next May.
Messi and Iniesta: Combined for 4 goals!
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