Wednesday I did something that I had never done..I SKIPPED A WHOLE DAY OF CLASS TO GO TO THE BEACH! I definitely did not regret that decision. :) Molly, Maegan, Hannah, and I decided we needed to use up some of our absenses in our classes, so we hopped on the bus and headed for the sea! We went to a beach town called Salobreña an hour away, and spent the entire day there until the bus came back to Granada at 6pm. The beach was a rock beach, but they were small...

On Tuesday, our program did an activity where we went to a cooking class and learned how to make Paella from a professional chef. It was so much fun! Paella is an extremely popular/traditional dish all over Spain, Each region has its special type, but basically they are all the same. It is a big mis of rice, vegetables, meat (seafood, chicken, beef, or anything else) along with various types of seasonings, the most famous one being Safron. Lots of people make pa...

Some girls and I went to mass in the Granada Cathedral on Sunday. Going to mass in a different country is very interesting and I'm glad that I have been getting the chance to go to church every once in a while when I am not traveling. It is definitely a different experience for two main reasons: 1) The language barrier-the prayers, gospel, etc are completely differnet vocabulary terms than what I am used to so they are hard to follow. However, I can still tell wh...

This past weekend a celebration in Granada occurred and it was great! The name of it was Las Fallas, which is a crazy famous party/celebration in Valencia, Spain (a city on the east coast of Spain). In Valencia, Las Fallas lasts for approximately 3 weeks. During these three weeks there are lots of parades, traditional food/beverages being served, men and women dressed in traditional dresses and suits and they perform the dances of Valencia, and most importantly, ...

For the second part of my Semana Santa (Spring Break/The week of celebration leading up to Easter), I went to Sevilla, Spain which is supposed to have the biggest and coolest Easter celebration in all of Spain. Spain has an extremely traditional Semana Santa celebration full of various parades/processions in which the men carry tremendously heavy floats through the streets of their city in order to serve penance for their sins. It is a super painful and grueling ...