The weekend after our friends visited from Salamanca, we headed into the Sierra Nevada Mountains, about thirty minutes outside of Granada. Upon arriving, we took a gorgeous four hour hike through the mountains, stopping to look down over deep valleys and flowing waterfalls. That afternoon, we shopped in the little village towns and enjoyed our time in nature. For the evening, we went to a little bar down the road and packed it full with students from our program. It was a blast playing guitar, cards, foosball, darts, pool, and more all night long.
The next day included more shopping and touring around before heading to a nearby beach for a few hours. The weather was not nice enough for us to get in the water, but the view was magnificent and we enjoyed our last time by the Mediterranean.
That Thursday was THANKSGIVING! Of course, they do not celebrate Thanksgiving here in Europe, but in honor of our native tradition, our program hosted a Thanksgiving Dinner for the students. It was a delicious multi-course meal with turkey, stuffing, gravy, rolls, and more. Yummm!
The next day, we headed to Seville, a city about 2.5 hours from Granada, so spend the weekend. The city is filled with beautiful buildings, palaces and fountains. There is also great shopping and the 3rd largest cathedral in the world! I have quite a few friends studying abroad in Seville, so they took us out and showed us their city on Friday and Saturday nights. We even discovered a University of Denver flag in one of
the bars we went to!
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