Cooking class with Montserrat

I think our cooking class has been the most intense experience of culture difference we have had in Spain so far. The class is taught entirely in Spanish and we are lead to believe she does not speak English though we all believe she knows much more than she lets on. It is expected to eat together and allergies or dislikes are not a topic of conversation. After being told "buscar tres pies al gato" we all quickly realized that our cultural assimilation was not as strong as we thought. After class I love to look at the photos I took and see our faces change from skeptical to shocked to pleased as the cooking process goes from ingredients to edibles.