Thursday, March 29, 2012

Un fin de semana en Granada

¿Qué tal?  ¡He pasado casi tres meses aquí en España y todavía tengo más viajes y actividades para realizar!  (Casi uno cada fin de semana)  También mi español es mejor que antes... ¡Qué bueno!

This week has been so busy!  I had two exams, two papers, and a creative assignment due.  (I still have one more paper to write...so not much has changed with my study habits)  I had to write down everything I did last weekend however otherwise I wouldn't have had time because in less than 24 hours I will be traveling to Italy! (Rome and Venice).

So this weekend Victoria and I went on a night tour of the Alhambra.  It was fun to hear the legends and learn a bit more about the gardens surrounding it.  It wasn't exactly what we were expecting however.  A lot of it was like a biology lesson and it got a little weird when the tour guide sat us down and played flamenco music from a boom box he happened to have in his backpack...hmmm  But it was worth the experience!

The next day (Friday) Victoria and I traveled to Nerja, a small beach town about 2hrs from Granada.  We spent the day laying on the beach, walking around the town, climbing over rocks, and visiting the Balcony of Europe (one of the best views of the Mediterranean) with our friends Casey and Shannon.   It was great to get to spend a day relaxing and taking in the beautiful weather in Spain.

On Saturday we were very busy!  It started with making paella with our host mom for lunch.  She taught us all of her secrets and it was awesome to spend some time with her.  We wrote down all of the steps to make sure we got it right...if some of you are lucky you might get to try my homemade paella this summer :)  After that we went out for coffee and dessert with our host mom and dad because it was our host mom's birthday.  It is always so interesting to spend time with them.  Obviously Maria tried to make us eat about three desserts, take one to go, have a coffee and a chocolate milkshake.  We successfully avoided being uncomfortable full by tell her her we were participating in the well know Spanish "Operación Bikini".  That is what all the girls here call diet and exercise right before bathing suit season!  It was fun to hear all about Semana Santa from them and also here their opinions about gypsies, Africans, etc.  Let me just tell you...the Spanish are very blunt!  Next we went to a flamenco show in Granada.  It was amazing! Not quite as awesome as the first show I saw but it still gave me the chills.  The best part was that the stage had a glass background and you could see the Alhambra at night!  Finally, we went out for tapas and bar hopping after the show at the Plaza de Toros.  It was a lot of fun...so much fun in fact that we didn't get home until 5am!  Ooops!  I guess we really are adjusting to the Spanish lifestyle :)

Well, that is all for now, sorry no pictures this time!  Can't wait to tell you all about Italia!

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