Cultural activities in our Spanish school: A cloudy day cheered up with churros

Yesterday, our Spanish students spent a chilled out afternoon at a café, chatting and sampling some yummy churros and hot chocolate.

Instituto Hemingway put on this trip as part of the programme of free cultural activities that the school organises every afternoon for our students to help them discover all aspects of life in Spain.

Churros are the Spanish equivalent of American donuts or German Krapfen. They are a type of pastry, made from donut mix, deep fried in hot oil and sprinkled with sugar and are a treat not to be missed.

While churros are originally from Spain, they are nowadays popular the world over, found (for example) in Latin America, France, Portugal and Morocco. They are traditionally eaten with a mug of hot, thick chocolate; what could be better for a cloudy afternoon in Bilbao?

The weather today was somewhat grey, so we were delighted to go with our Spanish students to one of the cafés in the Casco Viejo. For some of the students, this was the first time that they had tried this Spanish delicacy, whilst others had leapt at the opportunity to enjoy an established favourite. We spent the afternoon snacking on churros and practising Spanish. With a cup of hot chocolate and a big plate of churros, the ice broke very quickly between our new students!

We spent the afternoon enjoying the chilled-out atmosphere, and at the end of the day we returned home full of churros and feeling very content with life.