Spanish Dinner

Last night the family of one of the kids I coach from my 14u team invited me over for a authentic spanish dinner. The family is originally from Spain but they have lived here in Gottingen, Germany for 8yrs. I was very excited to eat something other than sandwhiches, yogurt, and soup.

The dinner consited of many different types of meats; pork, 2 different spanish sausages, beef, and chicken that were sliced very thin to be placed on home fresh baked bread. Along with the meat they served an egg/potato/onion/zucchini omelette that was very good. The side dishes consisted of choices of shrimp, a fried meatball thing (picture tatortots but with meat) and fried whole little baby fishes (deboned and deheaded of course). For dessert, their daughter made a vanilla cream with real sugar melted on top(the sugar turned into caramel), which was very good as well. It reminded me of vanilla pudding.

The meal was AWESOME and I was able to practice my Spanish and German with them which was awesome too. I was so stuffed after the meal I thought I was going to throw up I ate so much, but it was good cause I needed a good "home cooked" meal. The family gave me a tour of their house, which had amazing architechture from their two winding staircases to the spanish art they had on the walls. After the meal the dad educated me on Spanish history and geography. I ask a LOT of questions about their culture and country because it was very interesting to me. The showed me a short video of the "running with the bulls" and how it came about to be as popular as it is.

After all that was done we finished up with a couple German card games that reminded me of "uno" but with a little twist to it. It was fun and I would have started winning because I was getting the hang of it after the first couple games.

I really enjoyed myself and was please to be able to go over there for a meal. I would like to thank the Medina Family for their hospitality and generosity. Danke Schon=German Thank You
Gracias=Spanish Thank You