Ode to OpenCor

Well, we found out where all the chocolate chips go when they are not used to make cookies.  Tonight started with four women and a simple need for chocolate.  What better way to fulfill that need than chocolate con churros?

Not pictured: Ann, buyer of the spoons

Usually, the answer would be obvious: there is no better way to fulfill any need than chocolate con churros.  But apparently the churro stand that is open at 4am on a Saturday is closed at 11pm on a Wednesday.  Clearly these people don't know how to party! However, where there's a will, there's a way.  After burning tens (if not twenties!) of calories walking all over the streets of Sevilla, searching for an open restaurant/convenience store/anything resembling a sweets shop at all, we found the solution to our soul-crushing problem:

OpenCor

Even though the word for "open" is abierto in Spanish, the store-founders had foreseen the great need that the copious amounts of Americans studying abroad here would create.  Hence, they named their great company OpenCor, knowing that the name alone would draw scores of lost, wandering college students..."It's 3am--why is McDonald's closed?"

I would like to thank you, OpenCor, for providing the antidote to the poison of the midnight snackies.  Upon entering, we found a little treasure called "Choco Chip Muffin" ice cream, and a pack of 25 miniature plastic spoons.  Feeling justly rewarded, we four sat by the fountain in Plaza de Jerez and did a favor for America.  We found out why Spaniards have chosen to ignore chocolate chip cookies and instead create chocolate chip muffins...

A job well done: Four spoons plus my broken one

Actually--who am I kidding, no we didn't.  Chocolate chip muffin did the job, but it can't touch its much more delicious counterpart, the cookie.  

C'mon Spain.  Get your act together.

There are some things euros can't buy.  For everything else, there's OpenCor.