The most important meal of the day, Landon Feuerstein

When I first arrived in Spain, I was traveling with my abroad program for about a week. We were constantly on the move and never really had time for breakfast. By the time I had gotten to Sevilla, I was very ready to finally have a nice sit down breakfast. At first, my host mother would just serve me toast with some olive oil on it. After about a week of this, I started to get worried. How long would this go on for? Would I ever get to eat a real breakfast in Sevilla? The answer to the former: Yes, it is still going on. I guess being brought up in the united states we are constantly told “breakfast is the most important meal of the day” and so we eat accordingly. It is basically seen as eating enough food to “fuel” your body the rest of the day. I figured the rest of the world felt this way as well. I am now on month 3 in Sevilla and have realized I was very wrong (and naive) when I thought the rest of the world valued breakfast as much as us Americans do. I have finally become accustomed to the toast and olive oil for breakfast, however, that doesn't mean I don't crave a nice breakfast burrito with bacon, egg, and cheese…daily.