Trip to Spain!

My trip to Granada to see Ally was awesome, and a welcome respite from the cold Scottish weather. Maddie and I made it to the bus station where Ally met us with virtually no trouble at all...my horrible Spanish helped out, but I should have brushed up a bit more haha.

Our hostel was really nice. Turned out to be an apartment across the street from the office, with 3 double bedrooms, a kitchen, living room and bathroom. There were people staying in the other bedrooms but Maddie and I only met two of the girls, and they left sometime during the weekend. The kitchen came in handy when we went to the BEACH on Saturday. It was so amazing. We packed up some snacks and sandwiches and headed out first thing in the am. The beach was amazing, and even though the water wasn't that warm I couldn't not swim in the Mediterranean!

That night we also got to see a flamenco show, which was incredible but I will admit that after walking around all day Friday sight seeing, and being in the sun all day on Saturday I nodded off a couple times...whoops! Still, though, it was so fun to see the dancers, and not understand a word of the announcers or commentary hahaha. The accent there is thick, and I'm lost with it.

(shout out to Ally here) It was so nice to see Ally, a little bit of home to get me through this whirlwind of a semester =]. Plus, despite all that we did, the trip was incredibly laid back and relaxing. Maddie and I also had the chance to meet up with a friend from GW and get dinner with him and his friend and a drink afterward. We had to get to bed early though so we could make it to the beach, so we didn't get to hang out with him too late. But it was nice to see him nonetheless.

My overall impression of Spain: it is beautiful, and I need to brush up on my Spanish. And also, there's no way I could handle the heat of a Spanish summer. It was in the high 70s while we were there and its only March, yikes! Oh, and they have a strange obsession with ham. Apparently there's even a palace of ham in Madrid...weird.