No tengo dificultades en mis clases, de hecho son muy faciles pero, ¿por qué no puedo hablar? Espero que va a mejorar...
Alright, just had to get that out! So this past weekend we went with ISA to Sevilla y Córdoba, me gustaron mucho. Sevilla is like a bigger, busier version of Granada but the real selling point is the river. It was raining(of course) while we were there but I can only imagine how nice it'd be to sit by the river and read a book on a sunny day. The only thing that made me feel better about it is that Sevilla is getting just a much rain as we are here in Granada. I did feel that the city was friendlier and warmer in general but that could have just been because I had such high expectations and I wanted it to meet them so badly. We took a tour of the Real Alcazar, in the pouring rain, which is a palace basically. It was really nice and when we were walking around there was a couple having their wedding pictures taken there, it was beautiful. She didn't even seem to mind the rain.
After that we had a break for lunch, we decided to skip out on the tour after lunch of the cathedral. I'm sure it was nice but I can't imagine it differs much from all the other cathedrals we've seen, and cathedrals are notoriously cold inside. Instead we found a Starbucks(so lame I know) and I got a caramel macchiato, my absolute favorite drink. To be fair I have tried one at a typical spanish cafe and it is just not the same. It must have been good because while we were inside Starbucks it stopped raining and the sun almost came out!
After that we went and tried to do a little shopping, same old, same old. There wasn't anything I needed to buy and I really am trying hard not to spend money. It just seems to disappear though, it's so easy to forget about the exchange rate. Anyway once we shopped I went back for a little siesta. Saturday night was fairly uneventful, it was difficult in such a big city to find a good place to go when you have no idea whats there. We tried a couple of different bars but I didn't wanna walk around all night so we called it quits. I really wanted to rent a bicycle because they have a huge system there where you can take a bike and leave it at another station. But they only had weekly passes and we were leaving in the morning.
Luckily we woke up to pouring rain and got to tour Córdoba while getting soaking wet. I have to admit though I liked it better than I thought I would. It was an old city similar to Toledo with lots of history. Our tour guide was fantastic so that definitely made it more bearable. And then, since mother nature hates Americans in Spain, the rain stopped and brilliant sunshine came out just as we were getting back on the bus!
On the way home we took a quick detour to tour an olive oil farm and see how they make the olive oil. It would have been better if I wasn't so exhausted and cold.
This week in Granada is already flying by, it's been sunny the past 2 days so fingers crossed we are finally into spring. I sat outside in Plaza Trinidad with a book before class and got a little sun, so nice and relaxing. Tomorrow I only have 2 classes and if it's nice again I plan to just sit outside all day, maybe go back up to the Albayzin. Or maybe try and find somewhere knew. Who knows. I have started a list of random things I wanna do in the next 2 months though, big and small.
Mucho amor desde Granada,
Kayla
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