Saturday, January 14, 2012

Visit to the Alhambra

Today we visited the famous Alhambra.  The Alhambra is a beautiful castle that was built in the 11th century.  The Alhambra was a finalist in the "Seven Wonders of the World" contest.  The Alhambra and the Generalife gardens there were soooo breathtaking.  However, I dropped my camera and the lens got smashed in. I was so mad! Luckily this didn't happen until half way through the tour, so I still have a decent amount of pictures from the visit.  I have no idea were I can take my camera to get fixed and no idea how much it will cost.




After the tour, I took advantage of the AMAZING rebajas (deals) that go on in the city for the entire month of January.  It's crazy! Every store has major sales the entire month.  I bought a really cute pair of boots for only 16 euro.  However, I spent that last of my euro and now I need to withdraw money from the ATM.  I really hope that the transaction fees aren't a lot.  One other thing that is really annoying me at the moment: I have tried to buy my book for my intensive language class three times now.  Two times the lady told me they would have it tomorrow, and today it was closed.

I came back from the Alhambra/shopping and took a nap, ran, ate dinner, worked on school work, and now am watching TV with my Senora.  Tomorrow I plan on just relaxing the entire day.  I feel like I have been so busy and doing so much walking every single day.  I just really need to figure out what to do about my camera...

3 comments:

  1. So tell us, how is it watching TV in Spanish? Do you understand everything that is going on? Give us a percentage:70%,80%.....

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    1. I understand a good amount of it. Usually I'm not giving it my full attention though because I am working on other things while watching it. Hmm a percentage? I'd say I can understand about 75% of it most times.

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  2. Kristen,
    I'm really enjoying reading your updates.
    You are doing such a great job describing and explaining all that you are doing.
    I'm so impressed with all that you have done already.
    Donna

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