So quite a lot has happened since my last post. I took another trip in Spain. This time I went to the south to visit one of my favorite places in the world: Granada! I went for my friend Anna's birthday in October. We got there on a Friday late at night. Since we arrived so late we decided to call it an early night...except we were starving. And it just so happened that our hostel was right near one of my favorite cafes: Cafe Futbol. So we ran over there to get some of their famous chocolate and churros, which I missed so much!
I mean...look at those beauts! They're just so fantastic and I miss them dearly!
Back to the point, though. So we got our food and went back to the hostel. The next day we kept ourselves busy! Bless Anna, she let me track down my old apartment, my favorite bakery, this devil bird plaza I always walked through, and my school. It felt like nothing had changed, even though it had been two years.
Next it was time to once again visit my favorite cathedral! (If you haven't noticed yet, pretty much everything here is my favorite.)
After walking around for a bit we decided to do a tram tour of the city, stopped at the tea shops, got more churros and chocolate, and walked around the shops. That night we celebrated Anna's birthday at my favorite Irish pub. Yes, yes. I can hear you all from here. An Irish pub in Spain? Why would I do that?! Well it was right next to our school and the owner is super nice. So that where we went to celebrate another year of Anna! And lo-and-behold...the owner remembered me. I'm still not sure if that's a good thing or a bad thing...but hey, I am hard to forget!
That next morning we got up bright and early to be at the Alhambra at 7am. We didn't have tickets and it can be hard to get them. Lucky for us we got our tickets with plenty of time to explore before our bus home! So our last day in Granada was spent at the Alhambra, and I don't think we could have had a better last day.
So that was adventure one. Adventure two was the following weekend when I went to visit my friend Stephen who is studying abroad in Växjö, Sweden. Getting there was an adventure within itself. So I get to the Madrid airport and wait in the RyanAir line for twenty minutes just to be told I printed the wrong thing and need to go to the other line and then get back in this line. So I go to the other line, get back in line, wait another thirty minutes, just to be told I didn't need to be in line at all. So that was cool. I really enjoyed it.....
Finally I got on the plane and landed in Copenhagen. I would like to take this moment to thank Stephen from the bottom of my heart for taking the 2+ hour train ride from Växjö to Copenhagen to pick me up. The direct train stopped at 6:30pm....my flight got in at 7:30pm. So bless that man's soul for helping me get to his city because if I had to do it alone...I'm not gonna lie...probably would have cried. So after taking a train, a bus, another train, and walking 45 minutes in the fog at 11:00 at night, we finally made it to his place, where I was treated to mac and cheese. And yes, it is important to note this because I love mac and cheese and missed it dearly.
The rest of the trip included walking around the city and his school and enjoying Swedish food. Because in our family food is top priority. I had a kanelbulle and meatballs and mashed potatoes with lingonberries.
I was loving all the leaves on the ground...because I can't seem to find any in Madrid. They sweep the streets every night and take away my leaves!! So needless to say I was being very overdramatic when kicking the leaves. Overall I loved Sweden!! It's absolutely beautiful and I can't wait to go back!!
Now back to Spain. There are so many cities to explore just for a day. These past few weekends I visited El Escorial and Segovia. If any of you get the chance to visit, I definitely recommend these cities!! They're easy to do in a day, but are gorgeous and full of history!
El Escorial
El Escorial
El Escorial
El Escorial
El Escorial
Segovia
Segovia
Segovia
Segovia
Segovia
You could say I've been busy, and you'd be right. But I am loving every second here and can't wait to see where my next adventure takes me.
Hasta luego!
