Una semana en Granada

I have no words to describe how much I love Granada. I mean, I do, but it's hard to really capture the greatness of Granada in words and pictures. This week was not filled with crazy trips to foreign places, traumatic encounters, outrageous parties or anything like that, but it was one of the most wonderful ones of the semester. We went to the Generalife which are these beautiful gardens in the Alhambra. My professor was sure to tell us that they were not named "la vida general" (literally: general life) although a lot of the British tourists I overheard seemed to think that, haha. My friends and I even spotted some frogs in one of the canals of water! Yeah, that was definitely a highlight...


The Generalife!

On Friday, we went hiking about half hour from Granada and it was BEAUTIFUL. We walked maybe 5-7 miles first along this beautiful river, over a waterfall, and through a cave, and then up into the hills on the way back. It was stunning! And because we've had so much rain this winter, everything was bright green! There were times when we were literally bent over backwards trying to get around the rocks without falling into the river, but it was totally worth it. I also almost died when crossing the bridge over the waterfall (I am so afraid of bridges!), but my friend has a Disney princess backpack that I focused on while crossing and so I was okay, haha.


The river we walked along...


The almond tree blossoms! They were beautiful and they're all over Spain! You can also see our little perrito friends who followed us along the walk.

I spent Saturday and Sunday at the beach (Nerja, which is part of Costa del Sol) with some friends and it was so much fun. This morning we went swimming in the Mediterranean! It was a little cold, but I'm from the PNW so I have some tolerance for freezing water. I also got sunburned -- whoops -- but it's okay because I am finally a color that is not white (sort of) and that is great. While we were staying there, we had this really cute apartment suite with an adorable patio and it was a great celebration -- we were there to celebrate two of my friends' birthdays. I wish I could return! Alas, I think I have no more free weekends...


The Mediterranean where we went swimming!

Soon (now) begins the month of visitors! My friend Josh is coming tomorrow from London, my friends Nora and Michele are coming next Monday on their European tour during their one-month-long spring break, after we return from Morocco, then my friend Pam comes from Berlin that weekend and my friend Cameron is coming from Galway, Ireland the last weekend in April! Ahhh the days are certainly numbered, but it's great to be spending them in Granada!