Lanjaron Hotel

... when it's raining. Another observation that I made was that the roads were so narrow to have cars and pedestrians. Pretty bad idea. Later on while we were walking back towards the hotel we saw this Spaniard on the day of his bachelors party...he was wearing a white fairy looking dress. Pretty funny. After our group walk myself and a girl in the group walked around and up a hill in a residential neighborhood. The graffiti was so cool and the views ...

... me to be positive. I am now trying to think positive about my time on the road on my 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 ...

... est en train de s'habituer à entendre cette langue, je comprends de plus en plus, mais j'ai encore de la peine à m'exprimer. <br>Envie de profiter de chaque seconde...<br>les nuits se rafraîchissent et un matin je découvre du givre sur mon chemin des toilettes... ggrrrr... le pipi du matin devient la première expédition de la journée!!<br>Je passe mes matinées à travailler dans la ferme, beaucoup de désherbage, y a un côté méditatif ...

... passionate dance, and I think one really has to connect with the emotions that the dancer is trying to express. In any case, the show was in a residential area, and the owner (?) of the place also took us to a spot where we could have a panoramic view of the city by night. Now before going to Andalucia, I had made a "to-do" list as well, and tasting Gazpacho Andaluz (a cold tomato soup that is an Andalucian specialty) was pretty much the only thing left on it ...

... next days walk back to Lanjaron we happily ordered and ate some curries. It was a change from everything we had been eating in Egypt , Turkey and Spain and it tasted delicious. The original plan was to visit the markets in Orgiva the next day but our information was incorrect. The locals were a bit confused if the market was running or not. Walking back to Lanjaron was the best we came up with and so we retraced our foot steps. No surprises that the ...

... Entrance to the Alhambra My peeps Check out the view!! View of the Palacio Nazaries from the outside. Inside the palace The Gardens of the ...

... it's a shorter than you think. Finally, we went to Granada, the main attraction being the Alhambra, an Islamic palace built in the 1300's; a sight I had wanted to see since studying it in my landscape architecture classes. It was old, vast, grand, beautiful and relaxing. Was it everything that it is cracked up to be by guidebooks, professors and historians? In our estimation, No. And of course, the ...

L*st week w*s * bit chilly, so when it fin*lly w*rmed up on Mond*y I went for * run. M*ri* told me *bout * p*rk just three blocks *w*y. It is g*ted with intertwining p*ths m*de of gr*vel *nd s*nd with pretty fount*ins *nd pl*nts. There were * lot of people *ll different *ges there. Tow*rds the b*ck there is one pl*yground for little kids, *nd *nother for older children. In the middle they h*ve outside workout equipment. There ...

... Only have room for 126 more and I´ve brought the wrong cable to download them only facebook!!!! Wandered round for a good 6 hours, had a rest now and then to fill in the old journal and have a rest, coz it´s really really hot!! think I have burnt neck and back, but not sure as haven´t looked yet! Walked back down (got bus up, am lazy) and glad I did as I would have missed a fantastic fountain otherwise.

... and palaces that were breath taking - which was good, since we had to get up at 6am to wait in a cue for over an hour to get an entry ticket. The use of space and water was inspiring, very decorative interiors with tile work and arches, the use of light in the ceilings. Other than specific sites such as galleries, cathedrals etc, Granada was our favourite city in Spain. Very nice atmosphere and tapas - eat your heart out, yum didly delicious.