Bueno! Hope all of you in the states are enjoying the season with the changing of leaves, Halloween, and pumpkin flavored everything! I even saw on the Internet that pumpkin spice hair color is a trending thing now. No pumpkin flavored treats here but it is getting colder. It rained the past two days and while I love a good rainstorm, it did make the half an hour walk to school a bit dreary. The weekend before last I stayed in town and decided to explore around my neighborhood a bit. I walked through the streets and was able to get some fun pictures. It was a Sunday so there weren’t that many people out, which made it nice to just stroll around. I’m not used to living in such a big city, and the amount of concrete here is a bit overwhelming. I have enjoyed finding the hidden parts of nature here and there. This past weekend, myself and two other girls from the program hopped on a morning bus from Granada to Malaga. Malaga is on the coast and is where a lot of flights take off. It is not uncommon to fly into Malaga and take a bus to surrounding cities. We arrived and caught a taxi to our hostel. It was my first time booking a hostel this year and I was curious to see what it would be like. Our dorm was on the second floor and had a patio with a gorgeous view! It was sunny on Friday, which allowed for some great pictures. We decided that we were hungry after our travels and left to go find a place to eat. We lucked out with the most adorable restaurant named November. It could easily have been a restaurant in Berkeley. What made it even better is that they served salads! I know it must seem strange for me to be excited about that, but here in Spain, a salad constitutes lettuce and a few tomatoes. We spent the latter half of the day walking around, going to the Picasso museum, and calling it an early night. The next morning we were up early to explore the Alcazaba of Malaga. It was similar to the Alhambra, but a bit smaller and with more palm trees. I managed to snap a pic of a couple getting their wedding photos done! All in all, incredible history, architecture, and views. We ended up going back to November for lunch again and went back to the hostel and took a nap. The evening was spent eating tapas (not free outside of Granada), going to the movies (Boychoir: I highly recommend it!!) and finding a place that sold fresh-fruit popsicles (mango!). The next morning we woke to rain and decided that it would be better to get home sooner rather than later in order to catch up on homework and cleaning. It was exciting to get out of the city for the weekend and travel a bit more. The idea of traveling on the weekend here is so normal and affordable that I can’t wait to see many more places. This weekend we have a holiday on Monday, and thus don’t have school. Portugal here we come!! My roommate and I fly out Thursday afternoon. Call me crazy but I am excited for our layover in Madrid because the airport has Starbucks and if I can have just one pumpkin-spice latte this year, I will be a happy camper. We will be in Lisbon for the majority of the time, with hopes to make a day trip to Sintra if the weather is good. Then it is back to Granada on Monday!
Enjoy fall for me everyone!
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Nana
10/31/2015 06:28:29 pm
I was excited to see Malaga...it was our go to place on the South Coast. Your pictures are so charming! Enjoy Portugal. We traveled everywhere by train. The husband of the couple we were with in Lisbon had last been there fleeing The Nazis, taking a ship from Lisbon to NYC...just he and his Mom.xo
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yip
11/2/2015 11:46:48 am
gah you got a good camera!!! these pictures are awesome. Especially the one with the sun pouring over the old building... gah the buildings!!! can you imagine building one of those? God that would take forever. also the picture of the gremlin man scared me. also I have not had a single pumpkin flavored thing this year except for cream cheese (it was weird). Also i hope lisbon was fun and your starbucks was tasty. last also, I miss you and cannot wait for December <3
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Glenda
11/2/2015 12:19:55 pm
Love the tales of your travels! Hope you got your PSL at Starbucks :) Cole is after me to make pumpkin pie... Hope we can skype one of these days....
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