Sunday, November 14th

me and Teresa's stuffed puppy :)

Today we got up much later than Saturday. It was nice to get a couple extra hours of sleep and leisurely enjoy the hotel’s breakfast buffet.

First thing on our agenda was to see the public baths that were near our hotel. They were closed, but it was still cool to see the outside of them.

Granada = <3 

Next we walked up to another plaza to see another view of the Alhambra and the river. It was really pretty. Of course I got lots of pictures! J

We were going to try to go to the house of Garcia Lorca or this other building that was similar to a mosque, but the both ended up being too far away for the short time that we had before we had to catch our bus. In the end, we decided to go to the chapel where Fernado and Isabel, Juana la Loca and Juan el Hermoso are buried. The little church was really pretty and had lots of pretty artwork in it for such is size.

By this time we were all three pretty hungry so we went to another tapas bar near our hotel. The king and queen of Spain ate there a few years back, so we figured it had to be good. It was! We ordered chorizo, croquets, soup, and drinks.

After lunch it was time to get out of Granada. We picked up our luggage from the hotel and hailed a taxi to the bus station. Our bus ride was another 5 hours, but again I tried to utilize my time. I read 3 articles for my research paper for my education class (I’m writing about the importance of games in class), read some of our book for literature, and caught up on my blog! The bus was approximately 9 million degrees, so I sweated my butt off!!

for my Abu (Pilar)

When I got back home, my Spanish fam was all waiting to hear about my adventures! My mom had fixed a wonderful dinner, but the problem was I wasn’t feeling so great. My professor had been sick the week before and we had been sharing tapas all weekend, including bowls of soup. I know, I know, not the brightest move on my part!!

Beer and Wine :)

Anyways, I got the “sheer pleasure” of trying the Spanish version of Emergen-C. Teresa enjoyed watching me suffer through the glass WAY too much!! It wasn’t *too* bad, but the aftertaste was all powdery and nasty! So too “chase” the flavor, Teresa kindly handed me a piece of bread.. Thanks a lot brat!! :-P My mom got out the Christmas candies and made me eat a bunch of chocolate instead! J

Our "new bff".. Dona
has been replaced!

… Just for the record I woke up Monday morning feeling LOTS better! J