On Thursday we went to see a beautiful tour of Albaycin. We got to see the alhambra and Arab castles from the height we had to work to climb up. I got excited because I saw someone sitting by a unicycle but I didn't want to try and ask who's it was. It was a really neat place where people were selling jewelry and playing music. Even though most of the people were really creepy. Our tourguide said to never come there at night, but my friends and I want to come back there when it's warmer and take some more pictures and hang out. We were supposed to get some Arab tea but we got jipped out of that somehow but it was still a good day. Maggie and I got gelato (of course) on our way home but it was worth it (as always)
On Friday I had my first relaxed day in class. Maybe it was because 5 people decided not to show up, or just that the Professors were glad it was friday. My parter and I won the spanish version of "Two truths and a lie." I had everyone convinced that I was born in Germany. I was very glad that my test for the end of this intensive course is this friday instead of the next monday. So that gives us more time to travel.
We came home and napped because both of us were exhausted. After a nap we went for churros with chocolate with our family, which was delicious. Then we went around to various department stores with our sister because the sales are still good. Then we were home for the night! And very glad to stay in and go to bed early because we had a crazy day in store for Saturday....
On Saturday we got up early and ate breakfast and left with our host sister for the bus stop to go to Malaga. It's a beach town that's 2 hours south of Granada. We got on the bus and we all got to be very worried because the bus was late, to get to the other bus stop. As we reached our stop, Cristina informed us that we were going to have to run to the bus station. We began running all over the bus station. Cristina and I had to run and save a spot for Maggie because of her stress fracture but she was still keeping a great pace. As Cristina and I were running we came upon the escalators with no stairs, pretty much like a conveyer belt. And since she was running down it, I figured I could too, and both of us about fell over on the escalators so it was close. Luckily we made it safely to the bus. The rode to Malaga was nice and short. when we arrived unfortunately it was very cold, and we hauled ass for about an hour around the town until we found Cristina's friend. Then we went to a place that gives samples of strong alcohol. Maggie and I weren't thrilled about it because we had an empty stomach. We met about 7 of Cristina's friends there, and it was very overwhelming because in Spain they do the kiss one side of your face then the other. My cheeks definitely felt violated after that.... And after we had to say goodbye to everyone... After the wine tasting we went to have some delicious fried sea food at a restaurant and then went to a bar with Cristinas friends. We made some random italian friends there, and I was happy that I was actually understanding people and having simple conversations in Spanish. Then we walked around to different shops and saw the cathedral in malaga. Maggie and I were rushed yet again when burger king took forever to get our food and we had to power walk through the malaga mall to get to our bus. Luckily again, we made it in time and caught the bus in time to get to our house and we passed out from being tired.
Today all Maggie and I have done is studied and continued to plan our trip. We were almost glad that it snowed here so we wouldn't want to go outside. I'm glad that I have spend the majority of today studying because now I feel much more confident about my upcoming test.
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