Sunday in Granada is something people might call desolate. It was not something I was expecting! Walking through the streets with my friends at 5:00 is usually crowded and crazy! On a Sunday there is no one! This picture on the left is one of a normally really crowded street! On the far right corner is a popular store called Zara, usually there are people walking in and out, standing around, everywhere! There are also little shops on both sides which are all closed on Sundays. When I asked my señora if shops were open on Sundays she said "Todos estan en la playa! No trabajan!" (Translation: "Everyone is at the beach! They aren't working!"). I didn't believe that EVERYONE was at the beach but really, EVERYONE is at the beach! Sunday is such a lazy day. Usually meant for homework and sleeping, but we did spend a good majority of the day exploring the city of Granada. Which is so beauitfully peaceful while everyone is gone at the beach! We discovered a great place to get yummy desserts and a neat garden with a big fountain. I don't think we ever discovered the name of the garden or park or whatever it was. It was beautiful though! We hung out at the fountain for a while and then headed back through the town to find our way home! We are still discovering Granada, it is very fun to take different routes to discover what different streets have to offer. On the way somewhere you can take one route there and take a completely different route on the way home, not even taking any of the same streets.
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| Sunday in the park |
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On the way to school today I took an interesting route and thought I was lost! Turns out that I actually made better time and I got to see a bunch of new things! Granada is full of twists and turns that I don't know if I'll ever find a place again if I was actually looking for it. This city is so fantastic that I don't think I ever want to leave! The slower paced lifestyle is really starting to become so easy. (: During school I am supposed to have class from 10:00am to 11:50am then have a 20 minute "pausa" (break) and then class again from 12:10 to 2:00 but during the first class we have been getting a "pausa" (break) around 11 and the middle pausa has been about 25 minutes each time if not more and then the second part of the class there is a pausa around one. It is great, the professor will just be in the middle of teaching something and then be like "pausa?" and the whole class says "si si si!", what does the professor really think that we won't want a break? Everyone in Spain is so chill. You can tell us Americans out when we are running late and trying to power walk to get somewhere on time...on time is not something that Spaniards do. 30 minutes from a set time is the norm for them. For us we would be calling, "where are you, you are late!, what are you doing?!" For them, it's whatever. I like it.
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kewl!!
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