Relaxing in Granada

Hola!

I had a great weekend enjoying the beautiful weather with my friends. On Friday, a group of us went with our program directors to Cordoba, a 2 1/2 hour bus ride away. It was the capital of spain at one point and has a beautiful mosque from that era. It also had a jewish quarter with a synogogue and jewish museum that were cool to see as well. I enjoyed the trip and learning about all of the history there- a lot of it I already knew from my Culture of Islam class- so even though there´s barely any work, my classes are worthwhile!

On Saturday morning, I went to the flea market with my senora which was really cool and overwhelming! There were so many booths of endless clothes, shoes, and random things. She bought a shirt (kind of ugly but I told her I liked it) and I bought a dress for 3 euro! We met up with her friend there who happens to me the senora of two of my friends on the program and went for tapas with her on our way home. It was nice to spend time with her outside of our apartment and I enjoyed seeing a part of Granada I´d never been to before.

Later that day, I met up with two of my friends who are studying in Barcelona (Benji and Dana) who were visitng for the weekend. Carly, Dana, Brett, and I had a great time showing them our favorite places in Granada and exploring new ones as well. We went to a beautiful park, walked along the river, hung out in plazas, went out for tapas (we found a great Chinese food tapas bar with great lo mein noodles), and went to a Discoteca we had never been to. We all enjoyed catching up and spending a relaxing weekend together.

This week I´ve been spending time outside, doing homework, and getting ready for Jon to come on Thursday! I can´t wait to see him and show him Granada. We´re also traveling to Barcelona and Rome where we´ll do lots of sightseeing and spend time with our friends that are abroad.

I hope everyone is doing well!