A day in Granada!

So, I got this great idea from a super fantastic girl, whose name I will mention here: Megan Craven-to write a blog that outlines a typical day abroad in Granada, Spain. If you have not delved into the life a French girl, click Megan Craven on my links below each entry! Love ya Megs!

Ok...here goes! I have class Monday through Thursday for about 4 hours each day. I wake up at about 7:20am, have a quick breakfast which consists of toast with strawberry jam, coffee with milk and sugar, and a wonderful lemon muffin-type thing! I walk to class-about 20 minutes. Then I visit our study abroad office to check mail and write boring blogs much like this one. Go back to class and return home for the big meal of the day-la comida, or almuerzo. Lunch is at 3pm here and always leaves me more stuffed than a person should ever be! Every day I eat bread and cheese and have an orange or mandarine for desert! My host mom is a good cook and I´m pretty sure there is always some item that is doused (sp?) in, or cooked in the olive oil that my host dad makes on the farm/in the factory! Lunch is the family meal here in Spain, so all the stores and businesses close from 2-5 for lunch! After lunch we take a much needed siesta/nap. In the early evening I usually head out on the streets to shop, check mail, or run some other errand! Dinner is at 9pm...which means there is usually a snack in between, a delightful pastry or some Cheetoh´s Bichitos! Dinner is much more lonely, as Katie and I eat by ourselves in the kitchen rather than at the dining room table! After dinner we either go out for tapas, go to the internet cafe, or do hw and go to bed!

So...life isn´t always so exciting here, but even just walking to class in this beautiful city gives me joy every day! There is always something new to discover, whether it be a cheap store or crepe cafe!!! Being in a different country makes you realize what you are blessed with back home, even while some things seem so much more friendly and fariytale-like here!