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| Nerja, a beautiful beach on the Mediterranean |
Here are some updates of what has been going on:
Robert's visit~~
Robert was able to come visit me from late Tuesday morning until Sunday morning, so it was awesome! I was so happy to see a familiar face and show him all around the place I've been living for two months. I made sure to take him to the tapas bars and discotecas that I like so that now I can say, "I'm going to Granada 10" and he will know what I'm talking about! :) We did the tourist things such as the Alhambra, the Cathedral (which I hadn't been to yet and it was great) and walking through the Albaicín, a historic neighborhood.
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| Action shot of Robert looking out on the view of Granada from inside the Alhambra |
We also went to Nerja (pictured above) for a wonderful day on the Mediterranean, and Robert got to try fish that looks more like a fish and less like a fillet, which is how they like to serve it here in Andalucía:
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| Sea bass! |
I was really glad to introduce Robert to my friends and my friends to him, and luckily everyone got along swimmingly! :)
Just workin' on my Spanish~~
Since my last post when I was realizing how much more I want to improve my Spanish, I decided to do something about it! I now do an intercambio with my friend Estéfano every week. We meet up at the same spot each week, then walk to a cafe or a plaza to talk. Sometimes we talk about current events or "hot topics" in the world, and other times we just talk about what we did over the weekend. The first half we talk in Spanish, and he corrects me when I make mistakes and then I write down new phrases that I could have used in my story. Then we switch to English, and I correct him when he makes mistakes and he writes down the English phrases that I tell him.
I also went to a group intercambio organized by API, my study abroad program, and now have a couple new Facebook friends that I'm going to meet up for coffee with and practice each other's languages. It's nice to have friends that are real Spaniards instead of only hanging out with Americans while in Spain- I feel so much more authentic!
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| A night view of the Alhambra on the walk to the flamenco show (below) |
Flamenco~~
I got to attend a flamenco show in a cave in the Albaicín last Wednesday, and it was awesome! Flamenco is a typical Andalucían dance, where the women wear bright, often polka-dotted dresses, twirl their fingers as they move their hips, and lift up the bottom of their dress so you can see the tapping of their feet to the rhythm. A huge component of flamenco is the music, and there were a few men and women at one end pounding out a rhythm for the dancers to follow.
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| The older lady in the front was my favorite. She moved even better than the rest, and felt the music more :) |
Etc...
More stuff I have forgotten to tell you about!
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| I got my picture with the World Cup!! It came to Granada when there was a World Cup qualifying match for the next Cup between La Selección Española (Spain) and the Czech Republic. I didn't go to the game (toooo expensive!) but they put up a huge screen outside with a bunch of tents with games and one with the Cup so my friends and I watched it outside with literally THOUSANDS of people screaming at every play! It was incredible! |
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| I returned to Nerja on Saturday with my friends Sarah, Claire, Shannon and Sam and it was delightful! It was finally warm enough to get in the water past my toes and I loved every second. Ahhhh |
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