Tell Me A Spain

Sadly, not much to report today. We had breakfast and class and lunch as usual, but no tours in the afternoon. One interesting thing about Spain: I thought they had wine with every meal, but, as it turns out, most people just have sangria or tinto de verano, which has maybe a shot of wine but is mostly fruit and soda. Just a fun fact for the day.

We did talk a lot in class today about the contrasting drinking cultures in Spain and the US, since the drinking age is so much younger here. Also, no one seem to card. Not that it matters to an "abuela" like myself, but we did have a very interesting discussion regarding how much influence the official drinking age has on adult drinking patterns.

After lunch and siesta, we had a meeting with Ramiro to prep for course registration. Of course, at Wash U, everyone knew what they were taking in April, but here in Spain, they don't decide until September. C'est la vie, amirite? There are LOADS of classes that look cool (Atheism and Mystics, anyone?), but I'll have to narrow it down soon. Probably tomorrow after I talk to my mom because I am an adult and still need her guidance.

While perusing the course listings in our room, we heard some awesome Spanish music wafting across our balcony, so we stuck our heads out to see two percussionists, a guitar player, a vocalist, and a flautist jammin in the streets while the audience improvised a little flamenco. La vida espanola, ladies and gents.

We wandered around a bit for dinner, which was good but not particularly remarkable, before heading out to "Ladies' Night" at the discoteca by our hotel. The discoteca was unfortunately closed for the summer, but, undeterred, we headed to the local convenience store and got a couple of bottles of vino before heading out to explore Granadan nightlife. We ended up in a weird Middle Eastern-themed bar with a fooseball table and an Australian tour group, but overall it was a real blast.

Sadly, after that, my phone died and has somehow locked itself, and I left the password back in Madrid. So, unless I can figure something out, I will be phoneless til Monday...