This past weekend, I visited Granada, a city in Andalucia, Spain. It was beautiful, and well worth the early morning 5 hour bus ride. A friend of a friends here in Madrid is studying in Granada, so we had a place to crash. Granada is famous for La Alhambra, and we managed to get tickets for 8;30 am on Sunday. It is on top of a mountain overlooking Granada, the climb up was cold that early in the morning, but again, well worth it all. We spent several hours there, because there is so much to see. We also made a trip to the beach, which was about an hour bus ride from Granada. It was amazing swimming in the Mediterranean in mid October. All in all, enjoyed the get away, there is lots to see in Granada and a culture much different than Madrid's as much of their architecture and heritage is still influenced by the Arabs who were in power of Spain centuries ago. Because of this, they have many shops and tea cafes (teterias) that were a lot of fun to explore.
Besides that, still teaching, still enjoying it, besides the long metro rides everywhere. I use that opportunity to read a lot and to listen to spanish podcasts, so hopefully my spanish is improving. So i'm definitely busy!
anyway, as always, i have lesson planning to do, and an early morning lesson tomorrow!
hasta luego
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