Getting used to living like a local was easy for me to do in Trujillo. I say this because we are living with host families so it’s easier for us to integrate into the community. A typical day for me living in Trujillo would start off with some stovetop Cuban espresso or café leche. I was never a big fan of coffee until I moved to Trujillo. Now I’m an avid coffee drinker and might be for the rest of my life. Spain has the best coffee I’ve ever had in my life. After drinking my coffee, I get ready for my day and then hike up a massive stone hill to get to my classes that are located in the La Coria convent at the top of the city. After I have my morning communications class I walk back down the hill to go to my host families for lunch. Lunch in Spain is nothing like lunch in America. In America, we like to have a large breakfast, small lunch and large dinner but in Spain, they like to have a tiny breakfast, massive lunch, and tiny dinner.

 The food that my host family cooked was always fresh and much healthier than anything I would usually buy in America. They had three course meals and always left room for desserts. One thing I will say about the food culture in Spain is that I have never been offered more bread than I have since I’ve been here. “Mas pan?” No mas pan. They really love their bread here in Spain, that’s for sure. One of my favorite parts of the day is eating lunch during siesta with my entire host family. Granted, when they are screaming across the table at each other, I cannot always understand what they are saying. But the ending result is usually much calmer than the beginning. The Spanish don’t seem too fond of holding grudges towards people. The way they operate within the world is so fluid. So many things are different here and I can’t wait to learn even more about my host family and my host country in the coming months.