This past Monday (January 6th) was Barcelona's big holiday, the Three Kings' Day. Here, Santa and the whole Christmas ordeal aren't a big deal. Their holiday lasts until this day, when the three kings come and bring them gifts. Everything in the city is shut down except for a few restaurants that remain open for the tourists I'm assuming. The night before this holiday, I met up with my "Guardian Angel" and the other members of my group at 6pm for chocolate churros. They were honestly so delicious. You get a cup of melted chocolate and then churros on the side and you dip them into the cup and then when you're done you're suppose to drink all of the chocolate. I do love chocolate, but drinking that cup full was just too much for me. After, we went and watched the Three Kings Parade which was so beautiful. I've never seen a parade like it before.
After the parade I met up with Ingrid and we went to our host mom's family friend's home for a holiday dinner. We had a Kings' Cake so we could also experience the classic tradition. Everyone at the table takes turns cutting a piece for themselves. If you get a piece that includes a little king figurine, you are said to have good luck for the coming year. If you get a piece that has the pea though, you need to pay for the cake, which can be surprisingly expensive depending on the size. And I don't mean to brag, but I did get the piece with the king, and was way overly excited about it. Hence me wearing the crown in the picture below.
Look at that crown, who will win??
Princess for a minute
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