Yes, the day had finally arrived. No, not the day that I’d return to my beloved
Wisconsin. The day we got to visit the
Valor chocolate factory in Villajoyosa.
After a brief walking tour, and stops for fro yo, we entered into the
chocolate factory/museum. While there
were no photos allowed inside, I can assure you the mere smell of the chocolate
in the air left many “oohs” and “aaahs” and a couple smiles in its wake. At the end of the tour we got to sample some
of the numerous kinds of chocolate. I
had chocolate puro (dark chocolate), chocolate con maiz (corn), and chocolate
con almendras (almonds). After fighting
my way through a massive amount of people in the chocolate shop, I walked away
with a couple chocolate bars and only minimal perturbation.
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| Valor Chocolate Factory |
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| Aaaaand this is what chocolate does to me |
After
the chocolate factory, we tiredly stumbled home. We decided to enjoy a chill night on the
town, of course watching a beer pong tournament or two along the way. Alex and I perfected our “chupitos gratis”
skills (ability to get free shots just by wandering aimlessly around the
barrio) and Ashley got 5th place in beer pong. All in all it was a pretty productive evening
in Alicante. Today we decided that while
we were all pretty pumped for Madrid, we were sadly not going to Grenada. I’ve however seen it in a positive light: 1)
I get some unexpected extra time in Alicante with my friends and host family 2)
I now have an excuse to return to Spain in the near future. Instead our final week will be filled with
beach time, last minute souvenir shopping, and good-bye’s L. Later
on today we went to Campello to check out a local fish auction. We sight-saw for a while, looking around the
area known as the Queen’s Bath. The fish
auction itself was pretty interesting, yet challenging to understand. Imagine a regular auction in the U.S., with
an auctioneer talking at the speed of light, but in a foreign language.
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| Living on the edge |
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| Fish tend to smell.. |
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| Catch of the Day |
After the fish auction we headed home for dinner, which for
me, ironically, was fish! It was
pescadillo, battered and fried.
Yum! Tonight has been a pretty
chill night in for me, doing homework and blogging (obviously). Tomorrow is our last day of class, proof that
these last four weeks have just flown by.
I can’t believe we’ll be leaving in 10 days. It’s a bittersweet thought, but there’s still
so much ahead: Madrid, beach, wine-tasting, farewell dinner, one last hurrah…but
before I know it, I know it’ll all be over.
But enough with the sad thoughts!
Keep calm and got chocolate?
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