I have moved in and am living with a gal named Tayer Wessels who goes to Central but was abroad last semester in China!! ...how neat is that?
I never knew her until we moved in together and I'm thinking she will make a great roommate because she is not only nice, but she is a clean freak like me, PLUS! haha
My host parents are Maria de la Luz and Paco.. I love them! They are basically like a grandma and grandpa away from home, soo adorable. Maria de la Luz takes great pride in her cooking and has fixed us many many delicious things.. shocker really! I like it :)
For breakfast (9am) we have always had toast (but not like the bread in the US, harder.) with jam and butter.
For lunch (2pm) we have been eating mostly different kinds of soup such as some sort of vegetarian one with eggs and noodles and vegetables, lentil soup, and the other I think was egg drop; all great!
For dinner (9pm) we have had a variety of different dishes and sooooo much food. They are constantly asking us to eat more, blah! We have had french fries, fried ham and cheese, soup, and salad. Told you, lots! We also had a meal of soup and homemade ham pizza YUM. We always have the option of an orange or an apple after we have stuffed ourselves to the max as well.
...Maria de la Luz is great :) & Paco is so nice as well. He eats the same dinner every night.. coffee with milk and bread with oil.
The way of living is different in Spain. Our home is more like an apartment style in the US. There is a long hallway, 3 small bedrooms, a kitchen, a living room/dinning room, and a bathroom. Tayler and I share a bedroom and the eating experience is different here. The tv and couch are part of the eating experience. The table is in the middle of the dinning room and there is a heater below it because the homes do not have any sort of heater or air conditioning. Anyway, as we eat together one side of the table is chairs, and the other is the couch. During the entire meal, the tv is on and they seriously watch it... just different! I have actually seen a lot of the same shows here that we have in America so that's fun! The showers however uhhh. There is a water shortage in all of Europe so the showers are quick and cool :(
Yesterday their grandchildren Curro and Carla came to visit. They were adorable! Curro loved us and always wanted to fight us with his light saber so we had battles :) Such a chatterbox too!
Sunday night after Maria de la Luz and her friend Carmen (they're bffs) showed us where the school is.. we went to Carmen's home to have tea and coffee. It was a blast! Malissa Larson and Alissa Winter live with Carmen so it was a great time for us girls to hang out and relax... absolutely loved it!
Our orientation with Veronica has also started and she is sooo fun! She has a personality that is hard to pinpoint into one word.. she's strict but hilarious all in one. We had a THREE HOUR long exam Monday which was just soooo long yuck. Otherwise we have been learning about politics and current events during the lectures and went on a tour of the city today with Veronica's assistant and one of the professors at CML. He showed us all around the city of Granada and told us about the history in the buildings... so awesome.
Me & Taylor at the Cathedral
This is a public toilet... & yes you have to pay to use it.
This is what can be considered Spain's "Central Hall"
This area is where the other students in Granada go to the University.
Housing in Granada.
Malissa, Alissa, Tayler, and I went on a little exploration today and found a really neat park where we decided we will go running at.. also, they have outdoor weights... not like ours. But, they also have a gym/spa but the price is through the roof. We also found a mall!! They are having a TON of sales here right now and it's about all I can do not to buy everything in site.. especially all the boots! gah! I'm pretty sure total today. . we walked 10 miles. OOFta. But great exercise!
Me, Malissa, and Alissa in the beautiful park near where we live.
It rained the last couple of days but today the sun was shinning and it was warm!
The escalator at the mall.. no stairs!
Tonight after class Tayler and I stopped and had my very first churros! Sooo delicious.
So far the trip has been great and I'm learning SO much!! Also... I booked a trip to Paris with 3 other girls aaaaaahhhh!!!! :D Is this real life?
I'm sure I'm forgetting things I've done here and there but you get the picture... it's awesome here :)
& clearly I am doing well ;)
Love you all!!
Courtney
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