It's All Happening :)

Spain has been absolutely amazing so far.  Granada is seriously so beautiful and an incredible city.  When we arrived in Granada, instead of going to our host families right away, we stayed in a hostel for about three days.  It was surprisingly pretty nice but there was absolutely no room at all!  There were literally five beds all pushed together and a tiny bathroom that turned into a swimming pool anytime someone showered.  Despite being in such a small space it was so nice to be able to hang out with my friends for a while before going to our separate families.  They were all so funny and we actually all improved on our British accents quite well lol.

The first couple of days walking around the city were definitely amusing; it is absolutely a completely different culture.  We pretty much starved for two days because we didn't really understand how to order food or where it was lol… but it all ended up being soo much fun and definitely a learning experience.  We ended up learning how to order but really all we have been eating is bread and wine.  Super classy I know :).

The language is hard at first but the more you hear it and get used to it, the easier it becomes.  I make mistakes all the time but I think people understand the main gist of what I'm trying to say...at least I think so.  If I have no idea what people are saying normally I just smile and say "sí" a ton.  Although once that actually got us into trouble when we were at this bar, because none of us really understood what the waiter was saying, and we ended up getting a bunch of appetizers we didn't order and I apparently got a new boyfriend too (& no not really Mom) haha.   It was just a strange miscommunication where I ended up meeting his dad, who owned the bar, and all of his dad’s friends.  We all ended up laughing about it at the table because we tend to never be on the same page with our waiters, one of them even gave us thumbs up (apparently universal) after we stared at him for a couple minutes with confused looks on our faces.  Another mishap was at the bank when I almost asked the teller if I could exchange my American pain for Euros...oops lol.  But I am getting better at Spanish I swear!

Overall Granada has been a blast so far and today I just got to my host family's house :).  My señora is really nice and I am so happy to have a little extra room but I miss my orphan sisters lol.  I am about to go walk around the city but I miss everyone and I'll try to get pictures up soon :).  ¡Adiós!