Watching Spring

So these past two weeks have been filled with slow events. Last Friday I woke up and was almost late for my Cordoba trip in the Southern part of Spain. Cordoba has been significant in all that I have learned here in Spain because it was the capital city when the Islam kings had power before the Spanish Inquisition. While there we saw the famous Mezquita (Mosque) that is insanely old. In the backround of my picture you can see all the arcs and columns that it is famous for. It was a nice little day trip and the driving to get there we saw different scenery then all the olive tree groves that are close to Granada.
Sunday of that weekend, me and my friend Ann went to the beach in Malaga, which is south of Granada. We were afraid of it being topless, but luckily only one women went topless. She just happened to be old, with the saggiest chest anyone ever saw. And her husband was the harriest man to walk the face of the earth too. I guess Europe's topless beaches are gonna have to break our American minds in some how. However, after seeing that we can tuffen out some more beaches. We ended a lovely day of tanning by ordering some calamari and alioli sauce and watching the sun set over the beach.
The past couple of weeks has been busy with tests and projects so it has been good that it has been low key. However yesterday was one of my best friends, Kelley Westerberg's 21st birthday. It was quite a shindig if I do say so myself. It would be a bigger deal to be turning 21 at home, but here the drinking age is 18. So it was legal for everyone to relax and celebrate the birthday girl. We went out Thursday night to a chupiteria. A chupiteria is a place that specializes in shots. Don't worry we were safe about it, but it was fun because they had all different kinds. I'm not gonna lie, one of the most intense shots was called "Chicago". We had to have that one to honor our home city. It had tequila and was actually quite gross. The next one was called "USA" and was cool because the was red, white, and blue. After the festivites of some warm up shots, it was off to the discoteca in the caves, called Camborio. What a great way to spend your birthday in a discoteca overlooking the Alhambra. It was a long and fun night!
Because in Spain when you go out you stay out until 6 in the morning, we pretty much needed all friday to recouperate from being so tired. So it wasn't until about 6pm that we got ourselves together and took a walk to the best spot to enjoy the view of the Alhambra. There we watched the sunset, listened to the gitanos/hippies play their spanish flamenco music, and got Spain's best ice cream later. Everything is in blume on the streets you can smell the flowers and all the citrus scents from the orange trees on the streets too. Besides that relaxed state of mind, yesterday was the first day of spring. This means a celebration obviously for all the youngins of Granada. It was a mad house trying to navigate our way through the city because all the people were walking in an opposite direction to meet and botellon. Botelloning is a concept where you get alcohol and walk around the streets and drink. However there is a meeting point in Granada for people to do this, and this was where they were headed. People had coolers that two people needed to carry! I guess it's just the Spanish way of life to celebrate like this! We did not participate as to some locals it can be controversial because the cops some times get ivolved. But it looked like everybody was having a good time on the streets. It was crazy, seriously what a life!!


Also on a side note, it has come to my attention that a company from England wants to change the name of the Sears Tower. Seriously, first comiskey park, then marshall fields, we can not let this happen to the Sears Tower. Comiskey Park was changed to US Cellular field, and the ironic thing is that my cell phone doesn't receive service there and its outside!! Macy's has the most horrible customer service I have ever delt with and they are no where near as clean as Marshall field's was. A name change can mean serious business for us. Let's not let people take our customs away from us! What's next a change to the name of Giordano's, the John Hancock, or even better Lake Michigan!!!??!?!?!? Please use your power to protest and go to this website and sign a petition to tell those BRITS TO BACK OFF!!
Sign here: http://www.itsthesearstower.com/