WORLD OF NADA

If I didn't join the dance festival this year, I wouldn't have known, or even heard about Cáceres. This walled city is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. I was pretty excited knowing the city is also gastronomy capital of Spain, but I think I didn't experience it much. 

Plaza Mayor is my favourite area in the city. It has many decent restaurants and leads you to the walled area, so you'll get the best of both worlds. 

Thank God we had free time. We didn't have to do any performance that day. We really needed a day off after the party. We decided to have our own gathering that night so some of us went to the city center in the afternoon.

We really forgot there was siesta. Luckily, we found an opened ice cream shop. We bought different flavours and tried on each other's. They were so good and helped to cool off our mind. We then spread out, walked around the city and shopped for tonight's food supplies. Our time was very limited because we couldn't skip our dinner at the uni.

At around 9pm, we gathered at the alley of our rooms. We talked and shared about the long journey and experiences we'd been through. Each of us got the turns to talk while playing a game. It was nice that we could have mini bonding time.

Back in the uni, we had lunch and rest immediately. We prepared ourselves for the long night. The party was held at the uni park after dinner. Our group was too excited that when we came downstairs, nobody was there so we went back to our rooms and waited. We came back when people started to gather. The music was already being played, some people were dancing while some talking, drinking, and eating. As usual, the typical party drink is Sangria and also some sodas, while for the food is the small bites like popcorns and chips.

That night, the weather changed drastically from previous nights. It was windy and very cold. I wanted to have fun but afraid to get sick at the same time. I didn't care. When will I get a chance like this again with them?

Unlike the first party back in Ribera del Fresno (read here), this one is more organised. The place, decorations, the crowd, they all perfect. The only turn off for me is the music. It is not as up beat as I expected, but I think the people here enjoyed it so much. Overall, it was such a great night and I believe we all had a great time together.

We had two events today, which is Gastrofolk and city tour. Gastrofolk is the event where each group made traditional dish to be served to everybody who came since it was opened for public. The idea of the event is because Cáceres is the gastronomy capital of Spain. Only 5 countries participating that day, including us. 4 people from each group had to attend the Gastrofolk at the Cáceres tourism office while the rest joined the tour. We already wrote the recipe the day before so the committee bought the ingredients and prepared the materials needed. We couldn't make something that has to be cooked, boiled, fried, grilled, or what so ever. Due to the limited ingredients provided, we ended up making Es Buah. It is basically a fruit soup that consists of any kinds of fruit you like, water, syrup, condensed milk, and ice. We thought it would be perfect during the hot weather and turns out people really love it!

Masterchefs of the day: Adam, Yudhis, me, and Anien

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