I am currently sitting in an internet café in Spain, and listening to music in English. Yes, English. The world loves our American music, so if you ever doubt Lady Gaga, know that Spain is listening closely! ;)
Today we went on a walking tour around the center of Granada! I found some places that I hadn´t yet found! This city is truly beautiful. The city was founded in the 11th century and has come from the years of Moorish influence, and then Christian conquering so there is a lot of Arabic influence here. I am going to put some pictures below!
I also took my placement test today - turns out I have great speaking and listening skills, not so great with the grammar (Spanish teachers - I have the vocab ranking of superior, vocab of intermediate bajo). So, if I can get a good grip on grammar they propose I will move up to the level advanced. We´ll see what happens! Tomorrow is my first class!
Ok. I just tried posting the pictures, but this computer won´t work. They will come soon!
Albaycín is the old Arab portion of Granada. It was founding around the 11th century and has been here since. It is located on a mountain, and the rain was collected that way. Here are some pictures. The top one is me on the way up, with the Alhambra behind me. The second is Granada, from the top, the next is the sun setting on the Alhambra, and the last is the Alhambra lit by night with my new friends Anita and Brittany. More posts to follow soon as we sent to Sacromonte today and tonight to a flamenco fiesta! Hasta Luego, J
Yesterday (15 Sept) was the Day of the Virgin here in Spain. Every area has it´s own virgin that it honors. Everyone lines up outside the church to honor that virgin and gives flowers to decorate the church. Here are two pictures. One of all the people in the plaza and a fountain at the end. The other is the flowers that had arrived to the church so far, and the people were lined up for hours. They give flowers until 11PM!
