Estudios en España

Class is from 4-8 PM, which is unfortunately during la siesta. Everyday after lunch around 2 or 3 the people rest inside. Most of the stores close down and no one is in the street again until 6-7.












Flamenco.

The other night I went with the ISA [International Study Abroad] group to a Flamenco dance. It was very impressive! The cultural dance originated from Andalucia. It consisted of a guitarist, singer, a few female dancers and one male dancer. After that I went with some people to get tapas. Granada is one of the few cities in Spain where tapas are free when you buy a drink pepsi-cola or tinto de verano [red wine, club soda and lemon].

Granada has a lot of Arabic influence with Morocco a 2 hour drive away. There´s an Arabic district called Albacin, where there are many shisha lounges and Moroccan clothing and decorations. There are also many Moroccan people here. Granada is a very unique city. It´s not overwhelmingly huge, but there are a lot of people and tourists everywhere. It´s very clean, the streets are cleaned daily. However, everyone here has mascotas, pets. So I must be careful where I step haha.

La vida de la calle [nightlife] here is very different. Kids are outside playing until 1 in the morning, and the clubs are bars do not close, as opposed to Columbus bars closing at 2... The people go out around 2 and party til 6 or 7 in the morning. I have yet to do that.. maybe this weekend? I don´t think I could party that long... we´ll see!