I recently went to Bilbao, Spain with my mom and grandma. We had a tour guide so we learned a lot about Spain and Basque culture. My mom had a lot to say…

Well let me just start by saying these were her go to sentence starters:

• In America…
• Well in the States…
• At home…
• In the US…
• It’s not like that…
• That’s different…
• Interesting…

Here’s one of my favorite quotes, “It smells good out here, like a hamburger”. We were in fact in a fish market. I am not sure why she thought that and why she said that. Some other honorable mentions would be, “Are there palm trees in Idaho?”, “I want to see a deer”, and “Does it get cold enough to snow here?”. She also said “gracias” wayyy too many times.