Between classes on Friday, some friends of mine and I went to the Albaicin to do some exploring again. We hiked all the way up to the top look out of Granada! It was a beautiful day (which of course meant that I got sunburnt even with my sunscreen on). On the wall of the lookout that we were on was the phrase "El mundo a nuestros pies" which means "The world is at our feet." We thought this was reallly cool since it did feel like we were standing on top of the wo...

This past weekend 5 of my friend and I made the infamous venture to Barcelona, Spain. Once again, it was another great trip! (even though some rookie traveler mistakes were made.....) Thursday: I get to the Granada airport to find out that I had bought a ticket to Barcelona on the 27th of MARCH instead of the 27th of FEBRUARY! So that was fun. Luckily, there was a flight heading to Barcelona that someone chose not to take and the airline let me hop on it. :) I m...

The last stop of the weekend for my group was Cordoba. It was my favorite of the three places! A little history on Cordoba..there have been four important cultures at different times in the city of Cordoba (Roman, Arabic, Jewish, and Christian) which has lead Cordoba to be extremel unique and diverse in the architecture and monuments it has. All within one town there is a large Roman style bridge, a sinagogue, and a giant mosque that the christians later turned i...

The second stop of the weekend for our group was Sevilla. Once again we had beautiful weather the entire time! We arrived at night in time for dinner and then we went out on the town. :) Saturday morning we had a tour of Parque Maria Luisa, Real Alcazar (the old palace that is actually older than the Alhambra in Granada and the two of them have a lot of the same architectural style), and the cathedral of Sevilla. All of it was spectacular. After the cathedral we...

On Saturday a couple of us walked to a baroque style church that we had heard about. From the outside, it looks like a normal old church (still a gorgous old building) but we went inside and my jaw dropped. It was so beautiful and every square inch of it had amazing art work/architecture/design on it. The church is called Basilica de nuestra senora de las Angustias and holds mass every weekend. It was an awesome thing to see, just another secret beauty in Granada...