Granada week 2 post 11

hey, I´ve thrown a lot of stuff at you readers in the last few days, so take your time.

The Spanish Day

... isnt what I´m used to. The people have to be at work around 9 am. They eat a small breakfast of coffee and cereal. Around one or two p.m. all of the shops close and everyone walks home. They eat a large ´lunch´at two, and sleep and spend time with thier families until about 4ish. The shops open up at 5 and are open late. Spanish people stay out really late. ´supper´is at 9,10, or 11.

In spain, especially Andulucia (southern spain), the nightlife is important. Poeple go out a lot so everything is pretty cheap and free food (tapas) are served with every drink. A beer is about 1.50.

The week

At first I understood almost no coversation. People speak quickly with accents. Senora Pilar knows that we are pretty dumb so she speaks slowly, and I am now able to converse at about the toddler level of speech. Danny and I have fallen victom to the Siesta (midday nap)- we sleep about 3 hours, we find that most of our day is gone after we wake up. The siesta is addictive, and we are trying to kick the habit. School is going pretty good. Not much to say yet culturally, because I am still yet to understand many of the things that I am seeing. Weather is amazing.

Hiking trip

I bought a topo map and planned a hiking trip into the mountains of friday night. My friend Benedict and Danny my roomate were going to come with, but they stayed out too late so I went exploring alone. Its better this way because I dont have to deal with complainers. The trip was pretty cool. The Sierra Nevadas are pretty arid, and are covered with pines. Some calves and their mother were on the trail. She had some pretty big horns so I tried to stay out of her way. There are these cattipillars that link together and search for a tree to spin thier silk in before they turn into moths. Thier little trains are all over the hills. The picture of me has Granada in the backround, I am at about 1800 meters here, Granada is 738.

Next week

Is a religous holiday in Spain called Semana Santa (Week of the Saints) so we have all of next week off of school. Danny and I just planned out a trip to a town called Valencia, which has thier festival called Fallas. After Valencia, we are going to Barcelona for 4 days. More on all this stuff next post. I am finally caught up!!!