Monday – classes started. Got lost going to the school. Bought shampoo. Explored the town that night with kids from school.We ended up at an irish bar and it was kind of comforting to be there. I love spanish, but it just gets so exhausting sometimes being surrounded by it and struggling to understand. I'd compare it to being in an intense lecture at school, all day every day. but it keeps getting easier.
Tuesday – more classes. I found the 'pan lady' that friends who had been to granada before had told me about and i bought some pan con chocolate. delicious. and cheap!Wednesday – very homesick today. I haven’t talk to mom or dad in person and mom only sent one email back. Four months is going to be very long. I miss everything about home right now. It’s a girls birthday tonight so we are going out and it should be good to get my mind off of things.
Wednesday night was fun. We went to this place called chupeteria 69 and then to Granada 10, for a girls birthday, which is a discotecka. It is an old theater that is transformed into a night club. It was a lot of fun and they played a lot of American music that you’d hear on the radio back home. It was a good time and helped me get my mind of being homesick.
Thursday – last day of class for the week. I can already tell weeks are going to start flying by. After class, we had a ‘field trip’ to see a flamenco performance. It was up in the hills of Sacramontes, the place I wrote about earlier that is filled with homes built into the caves. The performance was so cool – it was awesome to see such a part of Spanish culture. We got a free glass of sangria and the walk up and down was so tough and hill-y but so cool.
Friday – no class! I went to Cegrí to try and start looking into planning some trips. So stressful! It’s a lot of money and commitment, I am afraid to make solid plans! After lunch with Rosario and charo, me and meg went shopping. We actually did a lot more window shopping, but that is ok by my wallet. Afterwards we wanted to get some tapas. We went to a place really close to my apartment and the man said something about the kitchen being closed, but he would bring us something out anyway (we went around 8 kind of a weird time for tapas). But what he brought out he called a crepe, but we thought it tasted like a delicious Mexican quesadilla and we were so happy. Afterwards, we felt bad because the kitchen was closed so went to find more food even though the food there was delicious. We found this place called naranja burger (orange burger) that looked like a Spanish attempt at an American diner (their interpretation of American is sometimes a little off haha) so we went in and ordered hamburgers and a chocolate milkshake. The milkshake was more like thick chocolate milk (like the kind in the fridge at the AGD house) and the burgers were definitely made of pork. Neither were bad but it wasn’t quite right haha. The Spanish food is not really growing on me and luckily my senora is adapting to my completely American washed pallet. At least she knows in trying. Today for lunch I had a pork chop and for dinner I had a ham and cheese pannin and mostacholi. Haha oh well.
Saturday- I spent a lazy Saturday morning sleeping in and taking a long shower and painting my nails. My senora was out shopping so it was nice to have some time just to myself. After lunch, a bunch of us went to a soccer game. It was Granada vs Huevco(?). A soccer game was definitely on top of my Spanish bucket list. I have only really been to my own soccer games so I wasn’t sure what to expect. It was a smaller stadium (the Granada team is not as big as like the barca team or real Madrid) but it was definitely spirited. Everyone had these cute Granada scarves they wear, and I am thinking about getting one before I leave. It would look so cute in my future classroom haha. But within the first 10 minutes the granada goalie got a red card for arguing with the ref and the crowd’s reaction was priceless. We were down by 1 the first half, but came back and won 2-1. It was definitely a great experience and I’m so glad we got to do it. It was cold to day, at least for Granada standards. My senora was warning me before I left for the game to dress warm, it was the coldest day of the winter so far and only 4 degrees out. That’s 4 degrees Celsius that converts to roughly 39 degrees Ferenheit. Sorry everyone back home, but its freezing here. Haha when we landed, the weather was freakishly warm around 65 degrees so we all got used to that, thinking it was normal, so now, even us used to Chicago winters are freezing our butts off when it dips around 40. Its especially cold at night – as soon as the sun goes down you can feel the cold almost instantly.
Sunday- First free weekend in Granada is wrapping up. In a café near my apartment trying to catch up with some people. Its super hard to keep in close contact as I want to with everyone. I don’t have internet at my apartment so I usually only get internet at school, and with the time difference between here and home, its never really a convenient time for either sides.. Sadly, watched the bears loose at Paddy's another irish bar
Been waiting for you to update this! Maybe you should take up as a street performer or something to raise some $$$. AND Seriously a panini for dinner?! wheres da mangoes?
ReplyDeleteAre you saying 39 degrees is freezing? If you weren't across the ocean I would chuck things at you.