This might very well by my last post from Granada. I know, I've written a lot lately, well, today even. But I want to get everything out while I'm here to make sure that I don't leave anything important out. I feel like the second I get back to the US I'm going to lose any sense of validity in this whole "studying abroad" blog.
So here it is:
This is my last week in Granada, and I've fallen in love with this city more times that I could ever express. The whole Spanish culture has kind of seduced me really. Everything is so relaxed, and so laid back. People take two hours to cook lunch and then spend an hour eating. That's why everything closes down for three hours every day. It's fantastic really.
I've fallen in love with the people here. Sometimes the guys are typical Andalician guys who scream out "Ay guapa, vete aqui, ay que hermosa, que bonita, ay!" Cat calling and flattering all day, but it's really only to get you in bed. I've fallen in love with the amable-ness of people here. They're very friendly and very willing to help, well, depending on who you ask. Some of them don't really like Americans, but yeah...
The atmosphere here, though it can be a little superficial at times, is so unique to Granada. You have a down town neighborhood with all of these designer stores right next to the plaza with the local jazz bar, the gypsy stores and the mom and pop restaurants. It's all right there. In one place. Separated by three of four plazas.
There are mountains, rivers, parks, museums, everything. It's a great city, really. I couldn't speak more highly of it. There is a lot of traffic, but this is their version of a city, as in, this is the Atlanta of Granada... which is a really weird comparison to make. Because my city standards consist of Turner Field and the SunTrust building, while here they have Blanco and two or three 10 story buildings that are offices.
It's going to be strange going home, but I'm going to be so happy to be home.
I think what I've learned the most here is that you never really know how good something is until you don't have it with you. I've started to appreciate the little things in life, more than peanut butter. I can now appreciate everything that my parents do for me, I can appreciate the opportunities that I have in Atlanta, I can appreciate how amazing it is that I've even have the opportunity to study abroad for a whole semester and a half.
I think that I've grown here. I have become more independent. I have become more grown up. I have realized that I don't need mommy and daddy, granted it's nice to have them. I'm becoming the person that I'm going to be... and just typing that scares the shit out of me... seriously.
Well, I really don't know what else to say here. If this is my last post, I can't wait to go home and see everything. If it isn't, I can go in more depth later.
But my computer is sucking soooo maybe it will be.
I miss my friends and family, but I already miss Granada. This isn't the ideal ending that I had planned, but life is going to hand you lemons over and over again even if you have cuts on your hands, so I'll just make some lemonade even though it stings.
:)
I'm so fucking poetic.
<3
Buenas Tardes.
Hope to write back from Stateside. :)
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