Puerta Nazari Orgiva

This weekend I went on an excursion to Granada with the study abroad group that I am with back from the states. I didn´t necessarily want my first visit to Granada to be with the group, but it´s all good. Granada is about 135km from Malaga or an hour and a half by bus. The first thing I noticed on the bus ride was that above and outside of Malaga the trees that have leaves were all changing colors. It´s the middle of November and for the first time ...

... up and get really excited about the whole Halloween thing.<br><br>On a teaching side note, the school is teaching British English so some words are different like toilet instead of bathroom. Also, I was once approached by a teacher who asked me if I had a rubber. I was a little taken aback since rubber is another word for condom in the US but in Great Britain it is an eraser! haha.<br><br>Córdoba<br><br>Róisín and I went to the bus station on November ...

... how amazing traveling is and the random things you stumble upon that fill you will joy. After 4 hours or so we said our goodbyes to the crew at the bar and went to a different bar for a couple tapas. AMAZING.<br><br>The next morning we went to the famous Mezquita of Córdoba. The church turned mosque turned church again. It was pretty cool. The red and white striped arches were lovely but the church plunked right in the middle of the place really rubbed me the ...

... the old Jewish quarters of Granada). They were just as equally beautiful and from them we had an amazing view of the Alhambra and the mountains. After the Albacin, we went to the Chapel of Granada. I was sad because you are not allowed to take pictures but it is an amazing chapel, everything about it is perfect. It is the chapel where Ferdinand and Isabel are buried as well as Juana "La Loca" and her ...

... 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 ...

... time Genesis drummer and author of "Driving over Lemons" and two sequels. Whether as a result of his presence, or whether he came to this area because of them (I must read the book), the area is filled with New Age travellers, Spanish, German, French and English. There were so many that we wondered whether "driving over lemons" should really be "wading through hippies". In the town of Orgiva, in the valley below, in the villages ...

... left over meat, washing them etc. Only the final stage left now, to turn them into nice soft and warm rugs for in my van... Live at Bennies is great. Cannot believe I am here already for 3 months! Surrounded by great and inspiring people. Ok, it is cold at times, but changed my place, the cat keeps me company, 3 sleeping bags keep me warm! Simple things fill the days easily, in between running around recycling things for my van. I want to try to turn the van into ...

... guys he got the opportunity to join them in their van traveling to Mali to find a Drum teacher and learn more. Of course the thing to do for him, however meaning that our ways will part. So 2 days later it is time for our (for now) last meditation session together, a great talk and a hug, before they set off on this new adventure. I felt sad about us parting, but also know that we will meet again some day. So here I am living in the house on my ...

... as we were unexpectedly picked up by Lenny, an old friend I met in Mongolia, 2 years before. I emailed her I was coming to Spain, but as I did not get a reply I thought we was already travelling in Africa. Turns out she read my email the day we were flying and decided to come to the airport unexpected. How great is that! So that night we are on our way with all our stuff, staying at her place, sleeping in a great bed, having a midnight swim in the communual swimming pool ...

... small group from San Anto, some from Alaska, a few Spaniards and Germans, and a gaggle of Japanese all singing or clapping me on!!! I have no complaints. It was one of the best birthdays I´ve had! Afterwards, went back to the hotel, and Chanel, Mari and I went out to dance at a discotheque downtown. I had wanted to get together with a big group of people, but since I went to the flamenco performance, I lost track of others that had wanted to go out ...