Prestige Lucena
Parque empresarial Principe Felipe Lucena, Andalusia, 14900, Spain and Canary Islands
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Happy Halloween
... you find a bug you want to save that looks too big for the vial, I'll help you get it in there without breaking off its limbs!" Yeah right, pal. Do I look like the type of girl that goes around with a vial of insects in her pocket? (I resisted catching the enormous white spiders that the rest of them were competitively seeking. "Nah, you go ahead and get that one.. I'll wait for a bigger one!").
So, we trekked through huge acres of olive trees ...
Our first few weeks teaching!
... The teachers were all very interested to talk to me and learn where I was from, where I was living in Priego, learn about my family, etc. And a few of them gave me their phone numbers insisting that I contact them if I needed help with anything.
I have already begun to form closer relationships particularly with the first, second, and third grade teachers since I work with them every single day. They are also some of the youngest teachers at my ...
Priego Sightseeing & Campo Leandro
... the touristy sights so that we'd have a better idea of the town's history. Our first stop was the royal slaughterhouse/meat market built ca. 1576. The Spanish have a borderline unhealthy obsession with pork products, so the centuries-old slaughterhouse is heralded as a sacred site. The unassuming passerby would probably mistake this monument for a Renaissance-style villa. It has a large, open-air courtyard--which served as the meat ...
Princesa lands in Priego
... buses to the surrounding cities. And there's a delightful, middle-aged man who waves at us from his bakery and who makes the most delectable, melt-in-your-mouth, chocolate-covered donuts.
Another interesting observation about Priego: the Spaniards here wear so much red. It's not that I'm used to seeing people only in monochrome wardrobe schemes, but it becomes very obvious when lots of people are ...
Don't Call My Name....Alicaaaanteeee
... that we met in our hostel) also named Kate, went out for Paella at a more expensive and well-known restaurant. This should be easy enough right? Mmmmm...not so much. Just before we start walking down to the restaurant it starts raining. And by raining I mean pouring. And by pouring I mean I think we need to invent a new word in English for how much rain was coming down on us. So we stop inside to wait it out and then it starts ...



