Diá 37 (Las frutas!)

Today I feel like talking about the delicious fruits I've discovered here in España. So many wonderful different kinds! And most are of such higher taste and texture here that I'm eating fruits I've never liked before.

For example, the peras, pears, are absolutely delicious. Tiny, sweet, green pears. Firm and juicey. Take a bite and the sticky liquid begins to drip down your chin.

Then we have the acerolas. Which are about cherry-size and taste like apples.

Los modroños are very different and, though they don't have a strong flavor, are rather good. (Not to mention they look very cool and the texture is very different.) There is a small park, Carmen de los Mártires, where you can pick these fruits off the trees and pop them in your mouth. (Which is what I did. There will be another post about this magical park in the future.)

Then there are my two favorite fruits here so far:

El melón (which is like honeydew, except onethousand times better)

and las ciruelas (which are white plums) and make a delicious mermelada

The only fruit I have a complaint about is the manzana, the good old fashioned apple. They just aren't as sweet as the ones in the U.S. or France (the two other countries I've eaten apples from). But it isn't too bad since I have all of these other lovely options!