¡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...