Hotel Andalucia Center Granada

... also amazing. We made our way to a park, which had so many trees, and there was an exhibit on the environment. I thought it was cool how there was a picture there of Canyon de Chelly all the way in Spain. I don't even thing Canyon de Chelly is a well known place in general. After walking around I really wanted some famous free tapas and we got some. A euro fifty for a cana and a free tapa. They gave me some kind of chicken and vegetables. It was ...

So much to share! The Spanish tradition of not getting anything done is really starting to weasel its way into my mind and I am finding it really difficult to get more than one thing a day checked off my to do list. So, my apologies for the delay in writing. For this entry I shall group topics so that you can skip around if you get bored!<br><br>Halloween<br><br>I dressed up as a black cat at school and the kids loved it! While I was teaching my kindegarten ...

... way to school and about school in general. I can listen to new music now or NPR or think about things now! I have 10 hours a week in buses or trains to do that! Woo hooo! And really, it is a good thing. I just need to think about it that way instead of as time wasted. So, I am now going to avoid Fernando and Carmen and just enjoy teaching, the kids, and the transportation! Think Positive!<br><br>On a side note, the school is teaching British English so some ...

... je dors dans une caravane, dans le jardin, j'ai une casita, c'est chouette!  J'investis très rapidement les lieux... Ca me fait beaucoup de bien de me poser dans un endroit si calme, et rempli d'une belle énergie de vie! La vie simple de la campagne me plaît.. A côté de la caravane, se trouve une douche solaire (yeah!) et des toilettes sèches!! décidément y a tout pour me plaire ;-) J'essaie de parler espagnol, je sens que mon ...

It was my first day in the Spanish conversation class. I am in the class with 6 others with various skill levels(most are high).<br><br>I felt a little uneasy as I wasn't able to communicate my thoughts I'd answers to the questions. I hope it improves as the week progresses.<br><br>Since the class started at 1:15, I felt like it was difficult to actually go and do something touristy. This week, there are several Corpus Christi events ...

... It was quite troublesome to find something suitable, not too expensive but with a private room and breakfast IN the city of Valencia, but I found it. I then went to bed and can´t remember having done much more than trying to sleep, feeling sick and trying to sleep. I am a bit sorry about not having seen the Sierra Nevada, or the Alpujarras, or the university, or basically the city, but at the same time I think if I´ll study in Spain I can go there anytime.

... the old town are straight out of Morocco. Walking though them amongst the stalls and shops selling Arabic clothing and Hooka tea-rooms, it really doesn´t feel like we´re in Spain anymore, more like the back streets of Marrakech. Of course this makes me want to cross over to Morocco even more now. Later that night we stopped off in a hooka tea room and had some flavoured tobacco. Mixed fruit flavour incase you were wondering. :-)

... heart of it all was a stage where a traditional Flamenco performance was going on. It looked like girls aged 5 to 15 and they were full of Spanish sass. The littlest of the bunch had the most rhythym and spice. Cute and immpressive at the same time. We had dinner on our street in what seemed like a favourite place of the locals. We give Spanish cuisine thumbs up. It doesn't always look great, but it tastes fabulous! After dinner we ...

... did. though at 815, fifteen mins after they opened, they said they only had 900 tix left for the morning, and that people maybe should come back for the afternoon tours. I finally convinced nick to spend the money...3 euros for the audio guide. this time he did, and we both found it was well worth it. Alhambra has so much history...it was built over 800 years ago by the Moors, but has also been taken over by Catholic rulers of Spain too. so it ...

... a un Corte Inglés, compramos algo de comida y la llevamos a la estación de tren. Cenamos allí, esperando el tren de las 23:15 que nos llevaría de regreso a Madrid. Algo que me despertó curiosidad fue un desinfectante que usaban las chicas para higienizarse las manos y del cual yo ni sabía que existía. Era el alcohol en gel que hoy podemos comprar en Farmacity, pero que hace 10 años no se encontraba tan masivamente difundido por estas tierras del sur.