This is the ridiculous cathedral in Sevilla. SO BEAUTIFUL!
A waterfall under the bridge in Ronda. Ronda was a green, old city in the hills with about a thousand picturesque views. Too bad my camera battery ran out...
Anyway, Friday we went to Sevilla and stayed overnight there. We saw these beautiful gardens and the cathedral and then the whole group went to see flamenco! Unfortunately, I had an interview and had to skip the flamenco, but it's okay. Also, turns out the night life in Sevilla is pretty sub-par because there are no free tapas (Granada is the last Spanish city with free tapas) and tons of tourists, plus all the locals hate tourists, especially Americans... But Saturday we went to Ronda and it is all kinds of beautiful. We saw old Arabic baths from when Granada and Ronda belonged to the Moors. They are in these huge stone rooms underground and I seriously can't imagine taking my clothes off in such a cold place, but apparently they had some sort of complicated system for heating one of the rooms similarly to a sauna. Creative civilization...
Last night my friends and I made our first appearance at the Chupiteria (the shots bar) which was SO FUN. They have like 100 shots that aren't just straight alcohol (three levels of difficulty - soft, medium, hard) and you get a little coupon thing for every one. If you get enough, you can trade them in for a variety of paraphernalia. We got two sombreros. Ole! We also made an appearance at Granada 10 which is a dance club in the center of the city. There were a lot of Spanish people there, but nearly as many "erasmus" students. Erasmus are the students who are studying abroad within the EU. Apparently there is some program that makes it really easy for any EU student to study anywhere else in the EU. Anyway, lots of people from everywhere in Europe. And a lot of Spanish techno. Might take awhile to get used to that...
In other news: I pretty much only eat ham and cheese sandwiches on baguettes now. They are absolutely delicious. I start classes tomorrow (only 3 of my five -- Haverford requires that I take two at the University of Granada and those don't start until Feb 22). I am planning on going to Cadiz next weekend for Carnaval. Mini-bananas with nutella is one of the best snacks ever -- rivaling apples and peanut butter. Granada is better than everywhere else.
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