I guess I haven't really said much about my living situation, but all I can say is that it is fantastic! Last night we talked with Maria for hours about our families, our home towns, and most of all about boys! She is so funny... almost everyday she brings up boys (I think it is one of her favorite subjects. That, or she is just trying to relate to us.) She keeps telling us that the best way to learn Spanish is to get a Spanish boyfriend. She tells us all about her son's and daughters' girlfriends and boyfriends, and asks us every question imaginable about boys in the U.S. We also learned a lot about her family when she was growing up and now. We have a lot of time to talk with her. Although she lives across the street from us and we live in an apartment with her daughter Sonia who is 24, she comes over twice a day to cook us lunch and dinner. Sonia also leaves every weekend to go to their house on the beach to visit her boyfriend (they also have a house in the country) so Maria stays with us then. I do wish Sonia was around more so that we could get to know her, but that isn't the case. Anyway, here are a few photos of where I live and what the city looks like. It is extremely beautiful almost everywhere that we have been.
This is my room with the awesome view of the Alhambra :)
This is the dinning room/living room, but we don't eat at the table. We eat at the mini table by the sofas because there is a heater under it with a blanket attached to the table for warmth...further explanation to follow
Here is the kitchen. We usually eat breakfast here because it isn't a big meal and we make it ourselves. It usually is toast or cereal.
This is part of the Alhambra and the AMAZING view that I have from my window! Side note: the most popular beer in Granada is called Alhambra.
This river that runs through part of Granada is our signal that we are almost home. We have to cross the bridge to get to school and the center of the city, but it is a beautiful walk.
Our school is very small, but the inside is incredible. It has a gathering space in the middle of it almost like a courtyard and the classrooms surround that.
La ciudad mas bella del mundo
This is the table I was talking about where we actually eat. The blanket keeps in all the heat and you put it over your legs for warmth and that makes it very easy to fall asleep on the couch after lunch when everyone is relaxing. In this case Victoria decided to go completely under the table! (This typically isn't practiced and we have no idea what our host mom would think if she ever saw us doing this!)
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