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I apologize for the delay in how long it has been between blogs, but I have done a lot from the last time I wrote, and decided that one large post will be satisfactory.

My classes have been going well. It is actually only one class that is divided in two parts, and the total amount of time in the classroom is four hours. It may have been the most intense class I have ever taken. Also, I was placed in level seven, which is considered to be the Upper-Advanced class. The course itself is challenging, but I am learning so much from this level. Remember, challenges facilitate the need to learn. The building that I have my classes is located a little bit further from the main building, but the walk and the views to and from this building make it worth my while. Here are some pictures:

Last Saturday, our group woke up early for a trip to the Sierra Nevada mountains, more specifically the region of the Alpujarras. After the Moors were driven out of the city of Granada, they fled to this area for a couple hundred years before they abandoned it because they had a choice of either converting to Christianity or expulsion. The town closest to where we were is called Lanjarón, and it is famous for the clean water from the Sierras which is bottled and enjoyed by all of Spain.

The purpose of our visit was to enjoy some adventure sports, which included archery, zip-lining, being launched by bungee (not sure of the actual word...), and bungee-jumping for amateurs. I didn´t bring my camera, but I managed to obtain a picture of me being launched by bungee.

I´m not sure what happened that day, but my fear of heights was pushed to the side, and for this, I had such a memorable time.

Also, I felt that including this next picture was a MUST. While walking to the other side of town for our picnic lunch, we passed by a caballero (roughly translated, cowboy) with a mule and a dog.

Cuando en España...

After all the activities of that day, I came home and slept for what seemed to be forever, but I was glad that I did. The next day, we took a tour of everything inside the Alhambra, which is the famous tourist site for its historical significance. I am not going to bore everyone with the 200+ pictures I took, but I here are a few to get a taste of the beauty that the Alhambra offered to me:

 Inside the Palace of Charles (or Carlos) V

Overlooking the Albaicín

The gardens of Generalife

Roughly translated, this quote says that it would be a terrible misfortune to be blind in Granada :)

I also have some quirky photos that I took, and some are funny and others I will explain...

The tiny bus we managed to squeeze about 30 people in at one time

Literally it is lemonade (limonada), but it´s creative because limon is lemon and nada means nothing, and there is no added sugar... so it´s lemon with nothing!

Toilets, spelled wrong.

This picture was hilarious

Me with cool looking flowers.

From the Gardens of Generalife looking over the Alhambra fortress

A pomegranate! This is what this city is named after. 

Overlooking Granada

Gelato! Yum!

Tomorrow is a "festival", and is celebrated for what I believe is the patron saint of the province of Granada. I will be attending the parade at night, so I will take pictures of this. Also, on Friday I am going on a 3-day trip to Lagos, Portugal, which includes a sunset view from what was perceived to be the end of the world before America was discovered.