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!
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