One of the Things I Love About Spain...

Humongous ice cubes!!!! Look at the size of this chunk of ice!! Have you ever seen anything like it?? I had not, until, that is, I came to Spain! The day we moved into our rented house in Spain, Tiff brought over some food and drinks for our movers. She also brought a bag of ice she bought at the OpenCor (a Spanish 7-11) and I was dumbstruck. Ok, fine, so it doesn't take much to impress me, but I really was impressed! These ice cubes on steroids, these voluptous hunks of ice are the most perfect chillers to add to your drinks! They are big, as you can see, so they cool down your sangria or Coca-Cola Light in no time, and because they ARE so big, they take a really long time to melt! Why is this important? Because it keeps your drinks, especially the carbonated ones, from getting too diluted too quickly. Brilliant! I'll put my spanish ice cubes up against crushed ice on a hot Madrid day anytime! No one can accuse me of not being able to appreciate the simple joys of everyday life...Like Forrest Gump says, "That's all I have to say about that!" Hasta luego...