I need a Spanish stomach to hold all this food

After Spanish class (which went very well) I made my way to the city center as I do almost everyday. However life had a few surprises in store for me today. For example, one woman and one man stopped me and asked me (in Catalan) if I knew where something was. I love when people think I am a local and Spanish. It makes my day.

After that incident, I was filled with a new found appreciation for this town and myself so I went to a bakery to order a coffee and some breakfast. The shopkeeper, a lovely Spanish woman, commented on the weather, my zapatos and she gave me an extra euro in change which I gave back of course. But the wonderful thing is I understood everything she said which was quite refreshing.

I was prepared to walk by home at 1 with Pepi but Maribel had "a plan" and when she has a plan, I know it is going to be fun. Instead of us going our separate ways for lunch, Maribel wanted us to go have paella. I've been enjoying a lot of paella recently, and I love it.
We had a wonderful time with vino, calamari and of course café con leche after. After, even as full as we were, Pepi wanted chocolate. We went to this great place to have Chocolaté caliente with some delicious pastries. The baker was a young man from Argentina and hand made everything himself. Heavenly. Needless to say, I'm skipping dinner tonight and quite possibly breakfast tomorrow.

The following photos are a collection from the last few days.

C.M.