Reina Cristina Granada

... t know if many other people do. I've never seen it. But for the first time in my life I saw this joven do so. This was my first true feel for the people of Granada. Pretty cool. After meeting up we walked along a road and it was really nice. Granada has foothills on the east side so it adds a really neat effect. There was also a stream. The first running water I've seen in Spain. I think Malaga is too try to have running water like that aside ...

... a brief summary with a year with them thus far... Confusion and frustration at the beginning, then a month later some understanding and acceptance of what I was supposed to be doing and then I felt in my groove planning some pretty fun lessons for the kids, and then the coming of Maria Dolores telling them to put me into English classes. Well, since I had already planned for a couple months for the classes I was already in and they were working and the ...

... 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 ...

... and 6 warm to hot ones with different temperatures. It also included a message which was very nice.<br><br>Today we checked out the Allahambra, an arabic palace surrounded by beautiful gardens and tonight we plan on going to check out some flamenco dancing. I catch a flight to Madrid tomorrow and then am coming home on the 17th. I guess all good things have to come to an end.<br>

... less nice. Drove around Granada a bit, looking for our hotel. Mum eventually spotted it, and we parked for the night. The hotel is rated four stars, but I would give it three plus at best. Great location, however (which is why I selected it). We dropped our bags, then went for a walk through the central shopping district. Mum was exhausted, so we found a restaurant with a 12 hour kitchen on the main square and ate dinner (since we had not had ...

... back down in the town below - it looks like Spain, except all the signs are in English (and Spanish) and there's lots of white/pink skinned (many sunburnt) people sitting at pubs with British names outside in the sunshine on the pavement drinking British beer and eating British pub food. Today is another 3 countries in one day affair (Morocco, Spain, Britain) and I drive back into Spain and head for Cadiz. My main knowledge of Cadiz beforehand is that it was a major ...

... never had an opportunity to try it. We all got a personal pizza. Mine was cheese with olives. Mmm :). It wasn't the best pizza I'd ever eaten in my life, but it was decent. I'd say better than Pizza Hut, Domino's, etc.<br><br>Next we were off to a flamenco show. I was excited for the show, but then to my unfortunate surprise, the 20 Euros I'd paid for the flamenco show included a walking tour of Old Granada. I was so tired!!! It was nighttime so I honestly didn't get much out of ...

... breaky heart! If you never have seen one then just watch a COPS episode from the early 90's and you will see what I am talking about. Better yet come to Spain to visit me! Even some of the women (mainly hippies) have them. Too funny! I am tempted to grow one of my own to further immerse myself into the Spanish culture! J/K. Also, I would say roughly 3 out of 4 Spaniards smoke, which I can handle but it sucks going into a bar and walking ...

... per hour. I didn't know such a thing could exist in Europe, but it does, and the computers were good too. Granada seems to be the most cosmopolitan city we've experienced so far with a lot of the tourist industry speaking English (as one would expect anywhere else), and facilities for everything. There are a ton of ice cream shops and expensive restaurants, but we did manage to find a good Indian restaurant for only 20euro.

... it, we didn't even see.<br><br>After Alex went out with the local girls to the "secret" club, he told me it was so much more fun than hanging out with Americans, and we have since decided to wean ourselves off American contact, as well as travel with fewer people. That said, the trip was absolutely amazing and I'm glad we traveled with such cool people from our program. <br><br><br>p.s. The map pin for this trip is exactly on the hostel we stayed at.