Macia Real De La Alhambra Granada

Granada is a pretty crazy city, a mix of part Morocco, part Andalucia, part Jewish, toss in some tourists, tapas, and trendy shops and you´ve got a good city. When we arrived, we were fourtunate that our awesome hostel served dinner. Spanish meat (so yes, it was pig), cooked in a huge Paella-type pan with rice and some homemade sangria, and we thought we would never have to leave the hostel! (They had free breakfast and internet too). But, the ...

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... we are going on a hike into the Sierra Nevadas which should be very beautiful. Right now the forecast calls for rain, but i've got my fingers crossed. Rain or shine we're still going on the hike!
More and more people are moving into the residence from all over the world and we have already made some new friends. Thats about all for now and hopefully with steady internet i'll be able to update a little more often!

... had a free Flamenco show (2 ladies, very tight pokka-dot dresses, ruffled lower down, often hiked up, stern expressions and pounding shoes; a guitarist who really knew his strings; and a closed-eyed guy singer); “passionate” comes to mind. A nice nightcap.


Thursday July 9

Today was a free day, a day to re-trace our steps or see some fresh places. Our guide yesterday for ...

... before.

We walked for over 5 hours through various buildings and gardens. We
came to the end of the tour and had to carefully make our way down the
hill. Many shops with souvenirs are on both sides of the street. You
can't help but stop and look their merchandise.

I took about three hundred pictures today. I hope I can put a few up but they take so long to convert and upload.

I need a good nap now and to unwind and relax the rest of the evening.

... that climbed up and up over the green hills with the ocean disappearing behind us. It was a gorgeous drive with farms and their old farmhouses lining the roads. Every so often you would see one of the Alpuharra's (the mountain range we were now in) "white towns" sprouting up like mushrooms in the distance. The white towns are leftovers from when this part of Spain was controlled by the Moroccan Moors who brought their whitewashed architecture northwards ...

I have now been here for almost a month and...it has not quite gone as planed. My original intention was to stay here for ten month and study English and Spanish and write my Ba.-project, but it didn't quite work out as it should have. For practical reasons I turned the ten month into five month, but by doing that finding subjects I can actually attend has become really ...

... my life with. Please let the plane land safely. I feel like an eternity. Another passenger beside me also are praying. An eon later , a female voice announce on the speaker saying something like " the reason we cannot land the first time because there was another ...

... we went on a walking tour around the Alhambra and the area of which our school is in. Quite the History! apparently the spaniards refer to their history in 3 parts. The judaism epoca, the era of muslim rule, and the years after the catholics captured spain. So there are many different types of churches, mesquitas, and other old buildings built in a wide variety of achitectural styles and materials. Basically we walked up and down ...

... We did a secret santa exchange that night, which was fun because throughout the day I was able to find out that the person that I bought a gift for was a musician and the gift i bought was a mini drum. I had no prior knowledge of what his interests were and I just picked up something on blind faith. The next day (Cristmas day) was quite the same...dinner prep and relaxation. That night we ate just as good! Jerk chicken, a veggie dish, salad, left over ...