Thursday, November 29, 2007
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
A couple weekends ago I went hiking in the Alpujarras, a series of pueblos strung across the mountains. It was a relief to get out of the city, and endulge the fresh mountain air! The city we stayed at was called Capiliera, and our hiking guide told us that in the Alpujarras they fabricate this red wine called la Costa -which of course we had to try! We stumbled upon a small bar that night, and had some (lots) of Costa -very pure and strong. I chatted with the bartender for a bit and told him I was from Ohio. Surprisingly he was familiar with it. Turns out that his old antique cash registrar was manufactured in Dayton!
Saturday, November 3, 2007
Hola todo el mundo!
My aunt was here in Granada this past weekend. We had a great time. We went to Alhambra, of course, my fourth visit. On Thursday we went to the Cuevas de Nerja. They´re these natural caves discovered in 1959. It was very humid descending deeper into the caves. In Nerja we also stopped by the Balcon de Europa, then went on a carriage ride around the pueblo. Then yesterday we at a really nice lunch in the Albacin neighborhood. We relaxed and enjoyed the view of Alhambra!
I fell that my Spanish is getting really good! It really helps to have Spanish friends to practice speaking -and to learn vulgar phrases and slang haha. Also I talk with my Señora a lot. The other night my Señora took out me, my aunt, Niki, Niki´s mom, and Niki´s mom´s boyfriend out for dinner. It was fun and Señora Carmen laughed at our guests, because they ordered water at the tapas bar haha. She´s funny. I met her sister the other night, and they were trying to hook up either me or Antro with this 44 year old man. Ahhh no thanks! They wanted Antro to find a boyfriend in Spain so that she wouldn´t leave.