On Wednesday I had a pretty normal day of school and siesta. I had to go to the Arcadia office and talk to Christina about my classes for next month. I got into the literature, art, and culture classes that I wanted, but I won't find out about my grammar and composition classes until the day before they start. While I was in the office, I bought my bus ticket to Madrid for two weeks from now as well as a plane ticket to Florence, Italy for mid-November. Meg and I are going there to visit our friend, Becca. Luckily, she has an apartment, so even though the ticket was a little pricey, we won't have to worry about hostels or anything like that. Next week we are having our group meeting about Morocco, so I'm going to wait to book any more trips until after I figure out if I want to/can afford to go to Morocco. Our group has a 5 day weekend at the beginning of December that would be perfect for traveling. Right now we are debating between Dublin or Amsterdam, both of which would be really cold and probably expensive. Either way, I have a long time to decide and I'm enjoying Granada too much to want to go anywhere else.
I returned home for dinner after my meeting and then Meg and I went out to our favorite Chinese bar right in the middle of the city. We met the other girls there and had our usual wine and calamari. The waiter is starting to recognize us and know what we want to order. Afterwards, we went to Granada 10, which is a discotheque nearby. I really hate it though because it's small and is usually all American students with the exception of the standard handful of creepy Spanish guys. Wednesday is Ladies Night, though, so we got in for free. After about 30 minutes, we decided to go to another discotheque, called Mae West. This club is a lot bigger and much more authentic. I actually use my Spanish skills! We met a group of guys there and we all exchanged numbers. This guy, Javier, seemed very interested in my number, but I had school the next day so we ended up leaving semi-early (early for Spain is around 3 am). Javier called my phone 25 times between 4:30 am and 6 am and really annoyed Meg and I. I ended up having to turn my phone off in order to get some sleep. It was an interesting night, but I was very tired the next day.
On Thursday we took a long siesta and had to tell Maria Carmen that we wouldn't be here for dinner b/c of a concert we wanted to go to. We went and ate at the Burger King in the center of town because Meg and I are CRAVING American food. Afterwards, we met our group at this awesome museum on a side street and listened to a free concert of two guitar players. The first was a classical guitarist, and I liked him the best. The second was a flamenco guitarist who played with a violin as well. It was absolutely beautiful and one of my favorite things we've done here thus far.
I ran into a girl I know at Denison who is in another program here. Neither of us knew the other was studying in Granada, so we exchanged numbers and talked about weekend plans. Afterwards, Sophie Meg Emmett Richard and I went to Hannigan and Sons, which is a huge Irish pub in Granada. On Thursday nights they have karaoke, with a free drink every time you do a song. We had such a blast! Emmett went first and did "Like a Prayer" by Madonna (too funny!) and then Sophie and I did "Faith" by George Michael. I tried to get Meg on stage, but that's not really her scene. We met a lot of American students and had a really good time singing and dancing around. There were a few Spanish guys who sang and they were TERRIBLE, it was so funny to listen to.
On the way home, Soph Meg and I stopped for a kabob at Kabob King (the place to go for a late night snack). On our way home we ran into the guys from the other kabob store and talked to them. We are starting to realize just how small Granada really is. It definitely has the city vibe, but we've only been here 2 1/2 weeks and we are already running into people we know. I can't imagine what it will be like in a few months!
Today we had a relaxing day at school; the teachers really let us relax on Fridays. Now we are going to siesta and then go to the chupitería (shot bar) and la botelón. We have a couple fun things planned this weekend and I can't wait to tell you all about them.
Love Always,
Em
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