Wine tasting in Barcelona with my roommates! (this is Colleen who goes to Colgate) Some of the best wine I've ever had!
My friend Will from SCU and I at the top of the castle in Alicante
Sorry I can't flip this! But this is inside the Mesquita
The Alhambra from a distance
Inside the Alhambra!
Hola!
Sorry it has taken me so long to write something, but I am finally able to sit down and detail my trips.
The weekend after Oktoberfest (Oct 10th-12) my roommate Colleen, Molly, my neighbor Jess, and I took the train to Granada. This is a southern town in Spain which is inland. This city has a moor influence and therefore offered us the best falafal i've ever had in my life. We visited a tea house, which are very common there, and chose from a list of over 100 teas. This was of course accompanied by desert! That night we decided to stay and take a night tour of the Alhambra. This is an old palace in Granada and is absolutely stunning. I visited it in high school on my trip with Vis but somehow had forgotten until we arrived and I recognized the sign. I will put up pictures because it's hard to describe. That night we stayed at a very questionable hostel but survived and were protected by our roommate Rasmus from Sweeden. Oh the people we've met!
The next morning we got on a bus to Córdoba. Another city with great history. The main attraction was the Mesquita, which was a mosque back in the time of the moors, but when the Catholics came to take over, they built a cathedral around it. It had muslim artwork on the ceiling and along the walls but then to the left would be a gold crucifix and an alter...very bizarre. I didn't like this city as much as Granada but I was happy to see it.
The following weekend I took the Saturday morning train to Alicante, another coastal city, where one of my good friends from school is studying! I had a wonderful time! It was so nice to see a close friend and to chat about school and great to see how happy he is abroad. Alicante is a much smaller city and had a lovely community feel. Sometimes I wish I was in a smaller city so I would know more locals and see people I knew on a regular basis, but I still love Barca, no worries.
School has picked up and I'm actually having to do work, which takes away a lot of the fun but oh well, I manage to squeeze it in!
Hope all is well!
Con amor,
Mary
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