Suecia Granada

... Scott's larger bag. My homestay is in the opposite direction of the bus station so it ended up taking longer than expected. Luckily we built some cushion time into our schedule and thus we made it onto our bus safely but with only minutes to spare. The bus ride itself was faily uneventful, there is not much to see as far as landscape goes between Madrid and Granada so Scott and I passed the 5 hour trip talking and staring out at the vast, empty plains of Spain. We ...

19 Nov
After a 6 hour drive, (we´ve now covered around 1,600miles since leaving Bmth ) we enter Granada just b4 dark. Granada is the gateway to the Sierra Nevada, and our intention is to stay 2nights, mainly so we can spend one day in the Alhambra. We pitch our tent just b4 dark, the campsite conveniently located 5km outside Granada. We immediately notice a sharp (can see our breath!) drop in temperature, so after a camp meal and a couple of ...

... also amazing. We made our way to a park, which had so many trees, and there was an exhibit on the environment. I thought it was cool how there was a picture there of Canyon de Chelly all the way in Spain. I don't even thing Canyon de Chelly is a well known place in general. After walking around I really wanted some famous free tapas and we got some. A euro fifty for a cana and a free tapa. They gave me some kind of chicken and vegetables. It was ...

Nous arrivons à Grenade en milieu de journée, c'est une très jolie ville avec de nombreuses petites ruelles pavées, ca monte, ca descend, mais à pied c'est différent ;-) Notre auberge se trouve dans le quartier musulman de la ville, l'atmosphère est remplie de bonnes odeurs (thé, chicha). On se plaît à flâner ici... Nous nous promenons dans la ville puis sur une ...

... Then we saw the MONKEYS!!! Gibraltar is famous for their apes on the hill...it was cool cause they all juts had their babies, so there were these like 2 pound tiny monkeys running around eveyrwhere and like chasing eachother, but theyre still really clumsy. Some of the apes are like, pretty big, like past my knee whe theyre sitting....then there was this one smaller one, but not a baby, and it defintely just jumped right on my back and started playing with my bra strap and my ...

... Los Reyes Catolicos, are along with the next heirs in line, which I can't remember historically who they were at this moment. Apparently, one third of the money from the reign was built constructing this building.  It is of course, very detailed, gorgeous, and indeed, exceedingly catholic.  No pictures were allowed inside, but I did manage to sneak one of the monument on top of the tomb or the little pillow on which the king and queen rest ...

... so everything is much colder than it usually is. The city is so cute and has so much character. I am really enjoying everyting so far. The food, people, and culture are all fabulous! I can't wait to continue to explore! Fun Fact: Granada means pomegranate. The people who are born in Granada say they born with a crown because the pomegranate is the only fruit that has a crown.

... he packed it in his belly and took the plane. Ben said he could stuff a kilo and a half down his gullet before checking in for his flight. He knew all the tricks too. I asked if he used Saran Wrap to seal the hash. Negative. Cellophane shows up in the urine. You dip it in bees wax, stupid. Ha! Live and learn. He even had a buddy named The Suitcase (suprisingly, that IS his real name) who could shove 2 and a half kees into his belly before departure ...

HELLO!!! I figured this would be a slightly more convenient way to tell everyone what I'm up to in SPAIN! Basically, Spain is awesome. I am living with a host family. I have a host mom, who is very nice and really very willing to answer any questions I have. I have a thirteen year old brother names Pablo, who is really cute. One day I told him I liked Harry Potter and he brought out all the books he has and showed them all to me. He also ...

... activities, as I mentioned no one does anything during the day, so much of the days there were spent lounging around the hostel, its only at night that everything seems to come to life. Anyway, once I had recovered from a major panic attack due to forgetting to wind my watch back for daylight savings therefore thinking I had narrowly missed my bus and wouldn't be able to catch another for five hours (that part was due language misinterpretation ...