Category: Travel
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With the folks in Andalucía (w/ lots of photos)
I got an early birthday present this week: My mom and stepdad came to visit me in Granada! We spent the week running around Granada, both touristy attractions and more typical parts of the city. We got to walk through the Albaicin, toured the Alhambra, had tapas with my Spanish host parents, and took a […]
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Paseos & More (with pics)
The real semester has started up here, and with it comes the sad reality that I’m not here on a five-month vacation. 😛 Classes in my program (Hispanic Studies) are mostly taught by University of Granada faculty who normally teach Spaniards. The classes happen at full-speed Spanish, and don’t normally stop to cover aspects of […]
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Alhambra Photos
Finally got to go to the Alhambra today… We had some blue skies peek out, which was very lucky (it’s been very cloudy and rainy most days). I’m not going to post this set of photos here on my blog because they’re better viewed in full detail on my Picasa album. I suggest hitting the […]
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Shopping and Super Bowling in Granada
About a week ago, I finished my 3-week intensive language course at UGr. I have no obligations until classes start up again sometime around February 12- so I’ve got some nice free time on my hands. Tomorrow I finally will tour the Alhambra, so look forward to a massive photo dump sometime tomorrow afternoon (US […]
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Random Cultural Observations
Some things I’ve noticed in my first month or so in Spain: I didn’t realize how much of a fixed routine Americans seem to require. Everyone seems to talk about how Spaniards are good about mixing work with leisure, but I didn’t realize how subconscious it all would be. I don’t notice it so much […]
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