A Granada

Woooooooord. Long time no post, but so is the life of a Spanish study abroad student. This week was lovely. The weather got nice a couple of times. School is good. I went to the Catedral of Sevilla, which is really cool. It’s the third largest church in the world, behind St. Peter’s Basillica in Rome and St. Paul’s Cathedral in London, both of which I’ve been too ☺. Oh to be well traveled. But yes, very cool and beautiful. Also, La Giralda is the only remaining part that is Muslim, and you can walk up it and see a beautiful view of Sevilla. So lovely. See facebook pictures.

I got back today from a lovely weekend in Granada. It was like 2 or so hours from here. There they have La Alhambra, which is an impressive Muslim castle which a lot of sweet, intricate designs and architecture. It was a cool trip, but the weather was really rainy and without my winter coat that I missed so much all weekend, it was quite chilly. However, again, the views were beautiful. I saw the Sierra Nevada! That was cool. Only from a distance, but nonetheless. In real person.

On Saturday, we arrived, went to La Alhambra, had some free time, went to a Teateria and then more free time. All of the food at the hotel was buffet style and there was DELICIOUS paella there. So scrumptious. Lots of shrimp, mussels, and other fishy things that my previous self wouldn’t really care to eat. In our free time we walked through a Morrocan like market, which made me SO excited to go to Morroco. There is so much cool stuff. I love the style. The Teateria is a tea place, probably similar to like a hookah bar minus the hookah. They served us pleasantly warm tea with some little pastries. When I go to Morocco, I’m going to buy a teapot like the ones they had in Granada. So cute. I love tea. After dinner my friends and I went to a little Bohemia Jazz Club. It was a really cool atmosphere. Very mellow, with a man who was playing piano. I ordered a delicious hot chocolate with whip cream and cinammon, which is canela en Espanol. I learned that this weekend.

Today we passed throw Albaicin, which is an old little town in Granada. Very windy. The tour guides joked that if you got lost there, you were lost forever and they wouldn’t be able to find you. After that we returned to the Moroccan market to peruse a little more, had some café con leche in a little coffee bar and then to dinner.

When we got home, and on the way home, it was POURING. Go figure I forgot my umbrella so I had to walk home in the rain. Miserable. I was drenched. Overall though, a really fun weekend. Stinks that the weather was so bad, but Granada was a lovely place to visit. However, I’m glad to call Sevilla home.

P.S. IT’S ALREADY FEBRUARY!
P.P.S. I’m sad I’m missing the superbowl. I was going to go watch it at some Irish pub, but it would be starting at like 1 in the morning or something. Not desirable. Tell me what the best commercials are!