It's been a while since my last entry, but I've been pretty busy. My boyfriend, Willie, and our friend, Matt, came to Europe for their spring break! I met them in London two weekends ago and we stayed in the Marriot right across from Big Ben and Parliament. The city is huge! It is so much bigger than Granada and I was not used to taking a metro to get everywhere. We went to a soccer match at the Chelsea Football Club Stadium. It was really fun, for not understanding much, but Chelsea won and I got a sweatshirt, so all in all, it was a good game! We got to meet up with my roomie from Ithaca, Alyssa. It was great to see her because I get homesick sometimes and it's so nice to see a familiar face. The next day, we went to Camden Market, which is an outdoor market with all kinds of different foods and clothes for sale. It was really fun! We then went to a typical English pub and got a few beers and it was definitely some culture shock (compared to Granada, that is). Before we left, we went to look at the Olympic stadium that was built for the Olympics this summer, which was very interesting.
After leaving London, they both came back here with me to stay for the rest of the week. I showed them around Granada, including the awesome views, gardens and different neighborhoods. I also introduced them to the world of 'tapas.' For those of you who don't know what tapas are; when you order a drink in Spain, you get a small ration of food with it. In most of Spain you have to pay for this food, but not in Granada! I brought them to some of the parks in the city with my friends from the program. We went to the discotecas and walked around a lot. It was so good to see my boyfriend and to show off my city. It makes me even MORE proud to study here.
I'm going to Barcelona, so there will definitely be a blog post after that! Ciao!
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