I wanna soak up the sun

So I should probably avoid Segovia and Ávila in mid-May. Honestly, there was snow on the ground. I thought I left all that in Provo but uh apparently we did not. It was FREEZING yesterday! Did we still have fun? Ohh-ho yeah. We started in this random little church in Segovia that screamed "Indiana Jones", a little Templar church from 11th or 12th century. Then we went to a sweet castle in Segovia and an even sa-WEETer cathedral. In Ávila we went to a cathedral and then walked around the top of the wall that surrounds the original city. Oh! Also in Segovia: Roman. Aqueduct. 1st century. Seriously, I was nerdily excited about that.

But! The best part about yesterday: the food. Okay, ultimate best parts: Ávila wall and the aqueduct. But! Each little town has it's own particular treat, like a dessert-type, right? Well. I have found my favorite so far: Yema of Ávila. It's is sooo rich but sooo deliciously creamy and smooth and delicious. Deliciously delicious. I can't even describe it, I've never eaten anything like it before. Then in Segovia the treat was Ponche. I didn't even know about it until we were leaving, but it's like a cinnamon roll-ish treat. Back in Toledo it's mazipan. That's right, mazipan. It's like not-nasty marzipan. I'm excited to try more indigenous treats!

This week, Jenessa and I have invaded a gummy candy store almost daily. It is so cheap here! We usually get it on the way home from the train to accompany our end-of-the-day gossip but once we got it to eat in the movie theatre in Madrid when we saw ROBIN HOOD. Holy crap, I love that movie. We were originally gonna see Iron Man 2 but when we realized that Robin Hood was playing (the day before it was released in America...?) we saw that instead. Iron Man can wait;) It was so cool seeing it in a Spanish theatre. We saw it in English but there were a few things that only our row and a few other English-speakers would laugh at because the subtitles didn't truly capture the joke or whatnot. It was awesome:) Also that movie is awesome.

Another dulce indulgence: pastries. When I leave Spain, I will simultaneously always want a pastry and never want a pastry again because the postres here are SO PHENOMENAL but when I go back to America I know they will no longer satisfy my craving. Sigh. Again, I wish I could explain. I've never been a huge pastry fan but here? You can't not be. I'm turning into a pastry elitist.

Finally: Magnum. I have never been a crazy ice cream fan, and especially not ice cream bars (unless it's a fudgsicle. I love me some fudgsicle. Fudgsicle is officially the weirdest word to type) but here? Yeah. The Magnum Temptation Chocolate...yikes. Imagine the best chocolate ice cream loaded with pieces of white chocolate and some other bits of sweet goodness I can't yet identify and then cover it in really rich, creamy, just quality milk chocolate. Hooo mama, so great.

Okay. I just got a ton of pictures from Jenessa that I need to sort through and then I may FINALLY post some pictures this weekend:)

Feliz día de San Isidro!