Donde Estoy

     For the month of June, I am studying abroad in Granada, Spain with Eric.  We are both taking intensive spanish classes that meet Monday through Friday at the Universidad de Granada.  We fly from Charlotte to Philadelphia, from Philly to Lisbon, and from Portugal to Madrid.  Each flight was delayed by at least an hour and once we arrived, our luggage had been lost.  Dont worry!  That didn't dampen our moods but we definitely appreciated that we werent alone wandering around a foreign airport by ourselves...


     Once we arrived in Madrid, we met up with our ISA (international studies abroad) group we toured a couple of museums and got to explore the city a little bit.  Madrid was very modern and other than the language difference, I wouldnt have noticed I was in another country.  Other than not getting carded at a restaurant of course...


     Granada is 5 hours away from Madrid and on the way, we stopped for one night in a town called Toledo.  Probably one of the most breath-taking I've seen, and what you would immediately picture when you think of Spain.  It was beautiful, and we toured the streets and Cathedral for a majority of the day.  That night, Eric, I, and a few friends, took a taxi and went back out to the town square to enjoy the antique town feel and experience more culture than we had in Madrid.  After Toledo, we headed towards Granada, where our host families picked us up from the bus stop and this is where my experiences as a visiting student, not a tourist, really begin...