Mi Semana (My Week: English below)

La semana aqui en Granada despues de nuestro viaje a las cuevas de Aracena ha sido muy buena. He sido ocupado con mis clases (tengo examenes parciales este semana) y con planes de viaje para los demás del semestre. Mis amigos y yo vamos a pasar el  próximo fin de semana en la playa, si los autobuses estaran funcionando y no estaran cancelado porque hay una huelga. Despues, tengo un fin de semana para visitar las Sierra Nevadas y andar alli; pienso que voy a visitar el Parque de Ciencias tambien. Luego hay un excursion con el mismo grupo de Aracena a la Donana Parque Nacional que voy a asistar.

Para la Semana Santa, voy a viajar a Barcelona. Originalmente era ir para dos dias solo, pero ahora mi madre esta viajando alli para cuatro dias para encontrar me!!! Estoy muy emocionada! Voy a investigar y hacer muchas planes para nosotras :) y despues, tengo solomente un excursion de API a Cadiz para un fin de semana en Mayo. Con estes viajes y mis clases y examenes, hay mucho para hacer.

on the way to las Alpujarras

El tiempo tambien esta mejorando. Fuimos a las Alpujarras, pueblos pequenos cerca de Granada, con API el Sabado pasado. Vivo en el campo y por ese, fue un experiencia muy tranquila y divertida para mi. Fuimos a tres pueblos y anduvemos mucho en los granjas y los montanas entre los pueblos. Hice mucho sol! Despues, unos amigos y yo fuimos al restaurante para celebrar el cumpleanos de mi amigo Andres. Ayer, dormi hasta doce y tome mucho sol mientras estuve estudiando para los exames. Raquelle y yo fuimos al casa de mi amigo columbino, Jose, para una cena cultural y nos hablamos mucho.Pienso que mi espanol esta mejorando. Hasta luego, gracias para su atencion!

IN ENGLISH!
This week in Granada after our trip to the Aracena caves has been pretty good! I have been pretty busy with my classes- midterms are this week- as well as planning out the rest of my time and money here in Spain for the semester. Next weekend my friends and I are going to the beach, providing the ALSA bus strikes don't affect us too badly. After that, I have a weekend to visit the Sierra Nevadas here in Granada and probably to see the Science Park; later in April, I'm hoping to go to the Donana National Park with the same group that I went to Aracena with.

For spring break, which is the week before Easter or "Semana Santa" here, I was planning on taking two days to see Barcelona alone. My mom however has decided to come visit! We'll spend 4 days there together, and I'm so excited!!!! I'm going to do a lot of research and make plans for us so she can have a great time here and we can see the best of what Barcelona has to offer. After that, there's just an excursion to Cadiz with API in May. With all these plans and my classes and exams, there's a lot to do!

The weather is also getting better, which helps. This past Saturday we went to las Alpujarras, some tiny mountain villages near Granada, with API. It was very relaxing and fun, especially for me, since it reminded me of home! We went to 3 villages and hiked farms and big hills inbetween. It was very sunny! Later on that day some friends and I went to dinner to celebrate our friend Andrew's birthday.

Yesterday was a good day as well; I slept till noon, studied out in the sun on my rooftop, and then Rachel and I went to dinner at a Columbian friend's house to eat new types of food and talk with Joseph and his friends. I think my Spanish is really getting better!

Thanks for reading!