Sorry I haven't written in awhile, but there really hasn't been that many things going on for me!
Last weekend I finally got out of town and went to Granada, where I met up with one of my college friends, Linnaea! She is teaching English here as well, but somewhere up north past Madrid. It was SO GOOD to see her! She is the first person I have seen from home, and it was wonderful. Our hostel had a view of the Alhambra, and when we opened the window in the morning, it was right there. Absolutely beautiful... I never get tired of looking at the Alhambra! Anyways, we spent 2 days in Granada, where we drank tea and mojitos and wine, smoked hookah, ate tapas, went shopping, explored the city, met new people in our hostel, danced, ate churros and chocolate, and generally had a great time! I was thinking about actually moving to Granada for a while, but then realized that it is just much easier to live here in Priego... I really hate moving and though it would be GREAT to live in Granada, I can save money here and then visit often. Granada is the coolest city I've ever been in, and I just LOVE that I can get on a bus and be there within 2 hours. On Saturday night Linnaea and I went to a flamenco show near the caves where the gypsies live. The show was in a theater and the back side of it was just a huge wall of glass, so we could see the Alhambra lit up behind the dancers, singers, and guitar players. Flamenco is so passionate and intense, an extremely unique dance that I just love to watch!
Also I have been meeting up with some of the teachers from my school on Thursday nights for drinks, which has been really fun! A great opportunity to practice my Spanish, since I feel like I have been speaking English a lot more than I want to. Last night I went to a meeting that my director was having with some of the parents at the school who are interested in their kid taking the Trinity University English Exam... basically it tells any employers or universities that the student who took it has a good level of English, and a lot of people feel that this is a great opportunity. So I went there and my director had me introduce myself to the parents... I stood up in front of all of them, and I felt myself blushing, but I'm pretty sure I spoke really well! I hope this works out so that I get some private classes, for something to do in the afternoons as well as some extra money so that I can travel more! Also in all my free time, I've started to write. Mostly because I love to write, but also because I want to see if I can write a book. It's always been a goal of mine, so since I have so much extra time, I though, why not start now? I really enjoy doing it, so it seems like a good use of my time.
Anyways, that's about all for now. Not much has been going on for me, but I hope you all are doing well!
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