El fin de semana

So I'm sorry I haven't updated much in the last few days, but really, not all that much interesting has been happening each day, so I decided to wait until I had a few good things to put in here and to make it longer instead of several short posts.  Also, I finally, finally have internet in my room, so I can video chat with people, meaning I have spent a lot of time doing that (I just spent almost an hour talking to Emily).  

Friday: Friday night we went to see La Casa de Bernarda Alba...I did not understand any of it! Well, some, but if it had not been explained to us, I would not have been able to get the general concept, just pick up a few words here and there.  However, that seemed to be the norm in the group, and there were a lot of questions being asked around, as well as awkward giggles after the rest of the theater laughed at some jokes we didn't get.  Even Profe said that he didn't understand everything, so I guess he didn't really expect us to.  Oh well, in general, my comprehension of spanish is getting a little bit better, as is my speaking, but it would be nice to understand people completely when they talk to me.  After the play, we went to this little Mexican restaurant that some of the girls knew about and got some food, since we had to miss dinner for the play (since dinner is anywhere from 8:30-11 here). We had a good time, since it was a group that hadn't really hung out together all that much, so it was nice to get to know some of the girls, especially the two that were here last semester, as they of course, know everything! Then we headed home early and all went to bed because we were so exhausted (12:30am is very early here; kids our age are generally at the discotecas until 6:30-7 am-it's insane!)

Saturday was a day to relax. We all slept late, then the girls met up for some shopping in the afternoon.  I didn't buy anything, but some of the group had a successful trip and got some needed things.  It was fun to actually shop, as we haven't really done much.  We also found an area that had quite a few shops we'd never seen before.  However, we had forgotten that most stores don't open back up after siesta until 5-6ish, so we didn't get to go into all of the stores that we saw.  Luckily, a lot of the bigger ones just stay open.  After shopping we headed home for dinner, then back out later that night for tapas (kind of an accident) and the discoteca.  We discovered the tapas because we went to meet a few of the group's host parents, who all happened to be out at the bar together that night, and we were walking by, so they wanted us to meet them.  It turns out that they had tapas there, so we decided to stay and get some tapas.  Apparently Granada is one of the few places in Spain that upholds the tradition of giving free tapas with a drink, so we all ordered some wine, and the tapas were free! And quite delicious too.  We had tortilla españa (egg omelet with potatoes) and Sam got this cous-cous and vegetable dish because he's vegetarian (there was bacon wrapped around the tortilla, which I just took off) and that was delicious as well, since he let us all taste (sorry to all the nurses out there!).  After we finished, we said goodbye to their host parents and headed to the discoteca.  Well, as I said before, they stay out late on weekends here-we got there quite early! (aka 12:30am) There weren't a lot of people when we got there, so we just had some fun dancing, which was cool.  However, after awhile it got busy and we left at a time considered early (3:30ish am) and went home.  Of course, we all slept late on Sunday! 

After sleeping in, I woke up, and took it slow, just reading and watching tv with my host family.  Nobody really does anything on Sundays here, because everything is closed.  However, us crazy Americans don't like to stay in our houses all day, so we (the girls-you'll see this theme soon!) decide to go to Cafe Futbol for some talking time and a snack.  It was nice to spend time with everyone, once again there were some people I don't talk to a lot there, so I'm slowly getting to know everyone in the group.  After that, I just went home to talk to my family online, for the first time video chatting.  It was great to finally talk to them! Sort of anyway, it didn't really work, but at least I got to for a bit.  

Then today we had class, and then after lunch the girls went out for coffee (here's the theme of the girls going for food-no boys allowed!) But after one pastry shop, we decided we wanted another pastry, and ended up stopping to get another, in our version of a pub crawl, but with pastry shops! Best. Idea. Ever! After that Alyssa and I just went shopping for a bit, and I got a hair straightener and a sweatshirt (to keep me warm in my house!) I was glad to have both of those tonight! I'm kind of huddled around my heater right now.  But now I am off to bed, because after skyping and video chatting for almost 4 hours, I am exhausted! Hasta luego!