so two weekends ago I...

so two weekends ago I was in Barcelona and that was really amazing.

this past weekend katie, heather, and i went to granada and sevilla.

we took a bus at 11 pm and got into granada at 7 am...(similar to the nyc trip to the gates). I do not recommend bus travel at night since we stopped once an hour so our driver could take a smoke, which means i didn´t sleep for more than about 45 minutes at a time. lovely.

when we got to granada we ate breakfast in a plaza and then went to La Alhambra. La Alhambra is a palace that was built about a thousand years ago by the Moors and Arabs.  It is amazing.  The architecture and the details, you really have to go and see it yourself because words and pictures don´t do it justice. Also, part of the Alhambra is the Generalife which is a garden.  We walked around the Alhambra for about five hours, got lunch, and then took a three hour bus ride to Sevilla. we all passed out on the bus.

When we got to Sevilla we checked into our hostel, Hostel Picasso. Then we met Carrie and Jen from our group who were also in Sevilla that weekend. We had dinner and then walked around the city for a while. We wanted to see a Flamenco show but we were too late for the one that started at 9 and we couldn´t find the club for the other one- someone on the street said the club was closed for the summer.  The next day I woke up and went to a bookstore  near the hotel so I could buy Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. It´s the British version. It is only 607 pages, the font is smaller and there are no picture, I think the cover is ugly. Oh and on the way out of the hostel, I am a klutz, and fell down the stairs...I was wearing a dress, there was a cafe across the street and people were looking, kind of awkward, but I got up quickly because I needed to go buy Harry Potter.

That day Heather, Katie, and I walked around the city.  We went to the palace in Sevilla where the King and Queen stay if they are in town.  Then we went to the Cathedral in Sevilla, it is the third largest one in the world after Rome, and London. A very relaxing day which was nice after our crazy lack of sleep days. At night we had dinner and then went to a cafe near the river.

Sunday, we went back to Valencia by train ( a million times better than the bus). It was 8 hours and I finished Harry Potter. We also went to the mercadona and got sandwhich stuff for the trip.  PEANUT BUTTER! i hadn´t had peanut butter in over a month. It was the best sandwhich I´ve ever tasted.

This week is last week of classes.  Today we are going to the LLadro factory, I guess it makes famous, expensive ceramics. Tomorrow, we are going to the Fallas Museum and the Center for Arts and Sciences. Thursday Heather, Katie, Kim, Kara, and I are leaving for ITALY!!! We´ll be in Pisa for a night and then we go to Florence.

Less than two weeks left here.

ciao

kk