It has been roughly a week since I last wrote...

Therefore I have not the slightest idea where to start. For the most part, this week was fairly uneventful--as in, it followed roughly the pattern of the week before: wake up, eat giant breakfast, go to class, not understand anything the professor says, go back to house for even more giant lunch, insist over and over that I am very very full but lose that battle anyway, hang out with younger Cristina and Alba or wander around town, meet up with friends for dinner/tapas/some sort of food, return to house and sometimes watch soap operas with older Cristina (during which very few words are exchanged... she is usually working on something, and I concentrate on understanding what is going on... There's some crazy plots there. Monday night is "El barco" ("The Ship/Boat"), which is, as the title suggests, about some people on a boat. Something happens and the whole world ends up underwater, except them (and maybe other people on other ships?). They try to deal).

Anyway, besides that, there have been a few noteworthy occurrences... Enrique tries to speak English sometimes, which is exciting. He taught his daughters the expression: "Oh my God," which he learned from Friends. Later, he had younger Cristina tell me, "See you later, Alligator," and then waited for the reply. I had to to rack my brain, but I finally came up with: "In a while, Crocodile," which may or may not have been the correct answer. It's been a while.

Wednesday night, we went on a tour of Sacromonte (part of Granada, in which are located the caves in which the gypsies (an now many hippies) live/lived). I'll put up some of the pictures of that, and then I am off to bed. It's been a long day.

First, some very cool place we visited on the way... I have no idea where/what it is, though. I should pay more attention during the tours. Below is another picture from the same garden.

After visiting this garden, or whatever it was, we climbed up to Sacromonte (it's on a hill). This picture was taken on the way up, and was more or less representative of what it looked like.

 And then there was this house. I've seen this several times, but never to that extent. It was covered with decorative bowls and plates, something I could never imagine seeing in the US.

On the way down, the sun was beginning to set, which was very beautiful.

 Yet another picture of a setting sun behind Granada... There's a little bit of the Alhambra in the left edge.

 

Here's a more comprehensive picture of the Alhambra. I should be visiting it about 5 times with my Art and Architecture class, so pictures of the inside will come then.

That's all for tonight... Pictures and tales from Sevilla and Ronda (where I've been the last two days) will come later, perhaps tomorrow. I have roughly 200 pictures from that trip, so be prepared to be bombarded. Buenas noches.