We Made It!

So I am writing from the "Ciber Seven" internet cafe on a small alley street here in the incredible Granada. Dang it is absolutely gorgeous in this city! It is the perfect size that you can walk around all day and it´s big enough that it´s not boring, but small enough that you start to recognize things you´re passing every now and then. And it is such an old and historically rich place, there are breathtaking huge formidable stone carved churches on so many corners it´s overwhelming! And every single building is notable, with it´s ornate carvings and beautiful grated windows...and the street lamps on the main street, El Gran Vía del Colón (the great way of columbus), are these awesome rubix-cube like glass shapes. Cool.

It is so super hot here! However, our nice rooms in the Colegio where us UC students are living this month have AC, which is heavenly. But the only moment all day when you are cool enough is during your cold shower.

So the flight here wasn´t too bad. The first leg to Philly went quickly, I talked with my new friend Kenneth the whole way, sharing life stories. He´s fun. And then the flight to Madrid was long but doable. I listened to the new Third Eye Blind CD Ursa Major on repeat. I LOVE IT. Just have to put that out there.

So exciting story when we arrived in Madrid. Both Kenneth and I had to take out weight from our suitcases because they were too heavy. So I put random heavy things in my purple striped laundry bag, and had to lug that around. And of course, without thinking I had taken out my treasured peanut butter jar that I had hidden away. For those of you who don´t know, brace yourself...they don´t have peanut butter in Spain. I know, right? Tan horrible. SO, we had to go through security again in Madrid, and they confiscated my PB saying it was un liquido, and they threw it away right before my eyes! AHH he probably didn´t even know what a calamity he had just committed.