The last few weeks have been incredible and fast-paced! I had a start of new classes with wonderful new teachers (with very hilarious senses of humor...in my conversation class all of the girls including the professor make fun of the few boys in class...and if you speak even one palabra in English, the professor says FUERA! Which means, outside, and you have to sit outside the classroom until you do or say something creative enough in Spanish in order to be let back in)
Some of the activities that AIFS planned were
Wine-tasting course:
We learned how to taste and airrate 5 different wines. In Spanish we discussed the flavors, the aromas, the clarity, the color, and the origin. Very enlightening and fascinating!
Horseback riding in the Sierra Nevada Mountains:
This was ASTONISHING! We were toured through the Sierra Nevadas on horseback (my horse was named Fail...pronounced FAH-EEL) I cannot even begin to describe to you the beauty of these mountains! It was so relaxing and quiet throughout the whole ride...except for the few moments that Fail tried to gallop ahead of the group with me
Arabic Baths: There were 7 different baths of different temperatures within a beautiful and relaxing arabic-style bathhouse. It was candle-lit with incense aromas and arabic music. No talking was permitted and there was delicious tea and candies to have between bath soaking. We also got massages!
Something quite hilarious also happened this week. While out getting helado (ice-cream) with my friends, a camera man from Canal-Sur (national spanish new) asked if he could film us enjoying our ice-cream. The following day during lunch, my señora and roommate were in the living room watching the news while I was reading in my room. Suddenly I heard screaming from the other room with my señora telling me to hurry in there. I was shocked and humiliated to find a VERY close up shot of me eating my ice-cream in the plaza! The segment was on the heat in Granada and I was apparently evidence of ice-cream sales increasing!
Friday, July 17, 2009
¡Digame!
Well, it has obviously been an extremely long time since I have written, and I am heading back to the states at 3:45am tomorrow morning! The past few weeks have been incredible and action-packed...explaining my absence of blogs! Here´s what you´ve missed:
Nearing the end of June on the Friday of my last week of school before my Tuesday test, none of my classmates decided to show up to class (there were only 6 of us total anyway). Because it was only my professor and me, she took me out for coffee and we spent an hour talking about Granada, eachother, etc. (In Spanish of course). This was definitely one of the most memorable days that I have had in Spain!
That weekend my girlfriends and I went shopping around Granada to head up the early start of the July sales. In case you didn´t know, July is a REALLY big time for Spain. Every single store has sales-"rebejas"-and by sales I mean CLEARANCE! Starting July 1 (and sometimes a few days earlier) everything in the stores go on 70% clearance! Towards the middle of the month you can find things 90% off! Definitely an exciting and dangerous time to be a girl in Spain...
On Sunday AIFS hosted a farewell dinner for the 4-week students heading back to the states. We went to a flamenco dinner show and dressed in our finest (although our finest tends to be Spains normal everyday wear).
On Tuesday the following week we took our finals and headed to the university pool to relax after four intensive weeks of Spanish! That night my friends and I enjoyed eachother´s company over my favorite tapa (berenjenas con miel- fried eggplant and honey) and said good-bye to one of my dear friends, Ashley, who headed back to Arkansas.
The rest of the week was relaxation and shopping in Granada! My friend Whitney and I decided to get a hotel together for two nights so that we could watch movies and eat junk food together on the side of town where all the best shopping is!
That Friday Whitney, Ryan and I went to a lakehouse with our Spanish friend Raul (if you have seen my video on facebook of the spanish fresh prince song you have seen Raul)
We swam in a swimming pool next to the absolutely breathtaking lake (however apparently really nasty to swim in) with a surreal background of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. ¡Qué increíble!
On Saturday, July 4, my friend and I went to the beach to celebrate our American holiday! There we walked around singing patriotic songs and shared a half-watermelon on the bench at the bus-stop. You´re welcome, America.
There you have a very quick synopsis of the end of my 4-week session!
Next blog will try and sum up the highlights of the last 2 weeks...
Nearing the end of June on the Friday of my last week of school before my Tuesday test, none of my classmates decided to show up to class (there were only 6 of us total anyway). Because it was only my professor and me, she took me out for coffee and we spent an hour talking about Granada, eachother, etc. (In Spanish of course). This was definitely one of the most memorable days that I have had in Spain!
That weekend my girlfriends and I went shopping around Granada to head up the early start of the July sales. In case you didn´t know, July is a REALLY big time for Spain. Every single store has sales-"rebejas"-and by sales I mean CLEARANCE! Starting July 1 (and sometimes a few days earlier) everything in the stores go on 70% clearance! Towards the middle of the month you can find things 90% off! Definitely an exciting and dangerous time to be a girl in Spain...
On Sunday AIFS hosted a farewell dinner for the 4-week students heading back to the states. We went to a flamenco dinner show and dressed in our finest (although our finest tends to be Spains normal everyday wear).
On Tuesday the following week we took our finals and headed to the university pool to relax after four intensive weeks of Spanish! That night my friends and I enjoyed eachother´s company over my favorite tapa (berenjenas con miel- fried eggplant and honey) and said good-bye to one of my dear friends, Ashley, who headed back to Arkansas.
The rest of the week was relaxation and shopping in Granada! My friend Whitney and I decided to get a hotel together for two nights so that we could watch movies and eat junk food together on the side of town where all the best shopping is!
That Friday Whitney, Ryan and I went to a lakehouse with our Spanish friend Raul (if you have seen my video on facebook of the spanish fresh prince song you have seen Raul)
We swam in a swimming pool next to the absolutely breathtaking lake (however apparently really nasty to swim in) with a surreal background of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. ¡Qué increíble!
On Saturday, July 4, my friend and I went to the beach to celebrate our American holiday! There we walked around singing patriotic songs and shared a half-watermelon on the bench at the bus-stop. You´re welcome, America.
There you have a very quick synopsis of the end of my 4-week session!
Next blog will try and sum up the highlights of the last 2 weeks...
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