14 foods that I cannot wait to get back to.

Mom and Dad, prepare the kitchen.

1. Burritos
Basically, Spain has seriously dropped the ball when it comes to Mexican restaurants. Almeria has almost zero opportunity for Mexican food, and we all know how not okay that is for me.

2. Tacos
I have been able to find Old El Paso taco mix and taco kits, so that has gotten me through, but it's nothing compared to LaCa, Alejandro's, or El Rodeo.

3. Refried beans
To anyone who knows me, this is no surprise. (Haters gunna hate).

4. Veggie burgers
Yeah, I don't know what vegetarians do here.  Veggie burgers are life.

5. Watermelon
So they have "melon" here, but thats kinda like honeydew.

6. Honey bunches of oats and Cheerios
They have a very limited cereal selection here, and I'm not even a huge cereal person to begin with.

7. Sushi
There is sushi, but basically its either hard to find, expensive, or too far away to walk to (no car struggle).

8. Bagels
I have yet to find evidence of a single bagel anywhere in Spain.

9. Doughnuts
Specifically Krispy Kreme, they seem to only have cake doughnuts here, nothing comparable to Krispy Kreme.

10. Waffles
Honestly, I'm not even a huge waffle fan, but the sheer lack of opportunity to have a waffle has really left me longing for a big Belgian waffle in the morning.

11. Lay's baked BBQ chips
The potato chip selection is also quite lacking here.

12. Good apple's
Maybe greenhouses just aren't good for growing apples, but the apples are relatively tasteless here.  They taste like those apples that they have in the Lynchburg College Caf that you can keep in your dorm room for three months and they will never go bad... yeah, that bad.

13. Corn tortillas
In Costa Rica I acquired a love for corn tortillas, and they became a staple in my pantry in college, but Spain hasn't quite caught onto the corn tortilla love (like most other Mexican foods).

14. Grits
Like a true southern girl, I do like me some grits for breakfast.  I can forgive Spain for not having this, of course, because I'm pretty sure grits aren't really prominent in most places.



There are definitely foods that I will miss, however, as I have recently realized, there is no Spanish food that I really, really love.