When I think Spanish food...

So, since I don't have internet at my house, this is the first time I've been able to post on here. Spanish food...I guess a few days ago I would've said that I think rice and beans when I think Spanish food, but after eating a few meals here, I've realized I was wrong. First of all, everything I've had to eat here has been delicious! I can't think of a meal I haven't enjoyed. I did have to take apart my shrimp to eat it yesterday for lunch, but luckily since Andy warned us about that, I wasn't too surprised. I snapped off the head and tail and peeled each shrimp--of course, I had to have my senora show me how to do it first.

I've had a lot of tortilla espanola, especially out at the tapas bars, and I have to say that's my favorite food here so far. I realized that they like to use a lot of potatoes and eggs here. I'm a vegetarian (but I do eat fish), and luckily my senora knew this ahead of time from one of my forms, so she's been cooking me delicious fish all week. Each meal she makes usually includes fish (meat for her), salad or some type of vegetable, bread, and fruit or ice cream for dessert. I've also tried a bit of cured ham at a bar two nights ago, and I have to say I did enjoy it, even though I haven't eaten meat in about 3 years. I'm debating about trying to ease my way into eating meat again, but so far I've only had that tiny bit of ham. I did try crab last night, which I've never had before, in one of my tapas, and it was great. Basically, my expectations for food here were far exceeded: I was expecting good food, but everything I've eaten has been incredible!