Austin Texas Girls Road Show

Good morning and afternoon from Malaga. We are beginning the day with mass at Santa Ana and doing some icebreaker activities with pilgrims from Malaga, Argentina, and a handful from Ecuador. Each place introduced themselves and shared a video and some information about their groups. We didn't have anything prepared, so we sang Deep in the Heart of Texas, Lord I Lift Your Name On High and Every Move I Make. Everyone got such a kick out of our cowboy hats! We got assaulted by paparazzi. I think 30 people took our pictures with the Texas flag, plus many people wanted pictures with us or with our hats. We were glad we decided to bring them his morning!

We slept very well last night and tried to nurse our extremely swollen ankles. (cankles) Breakfast was superb. Bread with butter and jelly, or olive oil and more jamon Serrano. We also tried this pork fat spread, which reminded me of chorizo grease. (fatty and so good) I had espresso with milk and learned that in Malaga they have different names for various amounts of milk to espresso. In other parts of Spain you just get cafe con leche. In Malaga, you can specify and the barista will know!

Back to now, we are listening to music by a group of Malagenos. It's great to such culture. We saw a classic north Argentinean dance, and clapped along. We are hoping to show off our two-stepping and line dancing later.

So hungry for lunch! Our host momma set us up with lunch and dinner to go in our knapsacks. Lunch is salad and friend chicken pieces, fruit and crackers. Dinner is a number of things including 2 bocadillos (sandwiches), yogurt, cookies, and other snacks. It's a small feast.

We're going to the center of the city today to see the sights, and more of the area. At nigth we'll see the huge firework show for the kickoff of the fair at midnight. They love to stay up late!

Until next time,

fbt&<3

Sabrina