Corpus Christi Parade

This week is Corpus Christi, meaning after 12:00 today all classes are cancelled for the rest of the week! After I got out of my morning class, I got a chance to run down the street and catch today's parade. I just wanted to share a few pictures:



The dragon that greeted onlookers first after the mini-band.

A man on stilts. At first he had white face paint, but it's hot in Granada.
A fancy woman riding the back of a dragon?

An asian man pulling a cart... The view I wish I had.
While I didn't understand what all things things added up to, it was still an enjoyable time. There where many other things that I either didn't get a picture of, or haven't put up yet, like large statues of religious figures I didn't recognize and people with giant heads who hit the people standing closest to the parade with balloons. All in all, it was pretty short, but fun.

10 days in Granada

The past ten days have felt like twelve weeks. Not saying it's been bad, but experiences come so thick. Here is a picture of my room in Granada:



The city really is beautiful. It is compact, so I can easily walk accross the city in under twenty minutes. I live in the more modern section. About ten minutes down the road is the beautful Alhambra. I haven't gotten to visit it yet, but the plaza that lies below is my favorite part of the city. There are so many cafes with live music all the time, and the winding streets nearby remind you of a small italian village, only with lots of hookah bars.



This weekend, we took an excursion to the beach of San Jose. I'm not really a fan of the beach, so on Saturday when all of my friends were planning on laying out, I intended to rent a bike and explore the coast. Bad "spaghetti con atún" however, kept my in my room after a not so enjoyable night. I felt good after several hours of sleep, and skill went "de marcha" with my some of my friends.



On the way back, we stopped in a small village and thanks to our exceedingly friendly program directors, who seem to know just about everyone in Spain, we got to see a cool privately owned castle about 80 kilometers outside of the city.



The castle had a cool dungeon, and when I took a picture... about a hundred orbs showed up. Creepy.



Tomorrow I should hopefully start classes. After my placement exam on Friday I was put in the superior A class, however the teacher who administered the test somehow forgot to turn them into the university, and we have to meet tomorrow at 8:30 to hopefully find out our schedules...

I think I'm going to completely change my look this summer. I might go back on it once I return to Lexington (or I'll at least tone it down a bit) but I've started excersizing here in Granada and I hope to finally lose the last of my weight that I want to, and then I'm going to get a mohawk and an eyebrow ring. Crazy, yes, but it should be fun! I might actually go ahead and get the eyebrow ring now, because I'm a little excited about it. As for the hawk, I think I'm going to have to wait until just before I leave Granada, because I got a cool volunteering job at the Granada International Music Festival where I'll usher for expensive concerts and then get to watch them. Hooray! I'm not sure what they would think about me with a big mohawk, especially considering the pictures I submitted to them have my long luscious locks.

Until later, friends.
Scott