tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46688874604475672372024-02-21T09:30:06.737-08:00Más WanderlustA year abroad.Oliviahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03823398339104029086noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4668887460447567237.post-15135082064478366122012-03-05T21:04:00.000-08:002012-03-05T21:04:14.512-08:00So, um, I'm in Mexico now...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">...and I have been for two months.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Life here is good, vibrant. It's a change of pace from what I am used to, but it's a change I think I need. I love Mexico. It feels <i>right</i> in a way I cannot seem to explain, even to myself.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">I have been doing many things, as you can see below. Here is a snippet of what I've been up to in a few snapshots. </div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My host mother, Paty, or as I like to refer to her, my "<i>mamá mexicana</i>." I ADORE her.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Daniel (another Mexican student living with the host family of my friends Sean and Charlie), Charlie, Sean, Paty, her boyfriend Pepe, and my roommate Meghan. </div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Amor a la méxicana.</div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">A sunset view of the <i>Popo</i>, Puebla's most impressive volcano. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A view of the cathedral in <i>Cholula</i>, a town about twenty minutes away from my house.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A scene in the market in <i>Zaachila</i>, a tiny village outside of <i>Oaxaca</i>. My two friends and I thought we were the only white people in a twenty mile radius, until we saw two Mormons. They are <i>everywhere</i>.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My two <i>Oaxaca</i> travel companions, Ben and Katie. With mangoes!</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">One thing I love about Mexican churches are the candles you can light at various altars- the best part is that the different colors denote different kinds of prayers.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I love the colors splashed across all the buildings. </div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A view of <i>Monte Albán</i>, the Zapatec ruins outside of <i>Oaxaca</i>.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Inside one of Puebla's many churches, the main altar is flanked by two little stands- one with a book of <i>peticiones</i>, or prayer requests, and another of <i>acción de gracias</i>, or thanksgiving. I wonder how many prayers are answered. And how many are followed up in the book of gratitude.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Some friends took a few us to see the volcano. And of course we stopped off for food. This was by far the sketchiest stand I have ever eaten at (I thought about using the term "cart" to describe it, but decided it was unrealistically generous), but it was delicious. </div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Don't believe the smile. It was freezing cold on top of the mountain. I complained the whole time. </div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Paty's boyfriend, Pepe, is an excellent musician, as is my friend Sean. Some weekend afternoons, a bunch of family members come over and we play and sing songs. I love it. </div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Teotihuacan</i>. I have no words to describe it, so I won't. </div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I will say, however, that the stairs are so steep I had to climb up the pyramids on all fours like an uncoordinated panther. Despite my ungainly journey, I was proud of myself for getting to the top in one piece. </div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The sacred relic of <i>La Virgen de Guadalupe,</i> a holy object for many Mexicans.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">'Sup, PJP!!!</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The <i>Palacio de Bellas Artes</i> in Mexico City.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Inside Mexico City's gigantic cathedral. I lit a candle for the people I love. If I were a better person, I would have done it for the people I can't love yet, but, baby steps.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">When we were in the city, there was a huge union strike. It was all very exciting. </div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Inside Frida Kahlo's house. Unintentional matching for the win!</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">One of Frida's many casts. It was so small.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Inside Leon Trotsky's studio. I have to say, visiting his house was unexpectedly moving. </div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Inside the <i>Museo de Antropología</i>. It was immense and overwhelming and fascinating. Like this portion, for example- some skeleton sacrifices who were forced to wear a necklace of jawbones before they were killed. I understand the principles of cultural relativism, but really, <i>a necklace of</i> <i>human</i> <i>jawbones</i>?</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The coolest headdress in the world. Makes my favorite feather headband look pathetic.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My friend Carlos invited a few of us to his house for his barbecue. It was wonderful to be with a family. You can't see it here, but I learned how to make the world's most delicious<i> pico de gallo</i> salsa. </div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Inside a delicious seafood restaurant in Cholula- even better than the <i>caldo de camarón</i> is the fact that customers are encouraged to write on the walls! My graffito was an ode to Mexico, obviously.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">That's all I have for now. I can't wait for what's next. </div>Oliviahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03823398339104029086noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4668887460447567237.post-3108837293011079332011-11-07T11:58:00.000-08:002011-11-07T11:58:28.037-08:00Madrid<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">A few weeks ago, our program went to Madrid, Segovia, and Toledo over Halloween weekend. We saw everything. And for the first time in a long time, we could just hang out on each other's beds and watch "<i>Tu Cara Me Suena</i>," (only the best Spanish television show in the world!) a program in which contestants dress up as their favorite performers and imitate them. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">Kicking it in front of the Prado. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">The Escorial. Felipe II made this monster monastery-cathedral-library-castle-mausoleum outside of Madrid. He wasn't much fun, and this building isn't really either. Fun fact about Felipe II: He had his bed placed adjacent to the cathedral's altar, so he could hear mass in bed. I'm not really sure if he should be congratulated or rebuked for that. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">The aqueduct in Segovia- almost two thousand years old, and still functioning until the nineteenth century!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">Segovia's cathedral. Rick* says it's the most Gothic cathedral in the world, taking the architecture to such an extreme that a new term, "Flamboyant Gothic," was developed to refer to it. Did I laugh for thirty seconds straight after I found out there was such a thing as "flamboyant gothic?" Absolutely. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">Segovia's <i>Alcazar</i>. Walt Disney came to Segovia and modeled his "Magic Kingdom" after this. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">The Fantastic Four (Don't worry, we didn't name ourselves that. Someone else did).</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">*In reference to the legendary Rick Steves. We use his book with such frequency and loyalty while traveling we all feel we're on a first name basis. </div>Oliviahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03823398339104029086noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4668887460447567237.post-30500755465512093552011-10-23T05:23:00.000-07:002011-10-23T05:23:40.170-07:00A little of everything...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I know, I am the worst fake blogger ever. I'm sorry I haven't updated in forty-nine years. I have finally, <i>finally</i> uploaded all of my photos from the Alhambra and Italy. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The fountains are incredible, and the sound of all the different water structures overlapping on the grounds is so lovely.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl2bNmdCeb7jy_ASyMGU3VvQin_hy1IQF7OclbkQQzTa0odAmT5E8VxYsQbHFNr_MrTAR4-N_pYwpB3jfJ1R_uf3wKnaoe8Q8vK3Kxi2tErCoFGo1Im9ik8aSjUkMq9QWafRU55CzY7W6i/s1600/DSC04333.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Another procession (they seem to be endless here) where the<i> Virgen</i> is removed from her space at the altar in the church and paraded through the streets. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">My three biffles drinking coffee in the Vatican. This was (and I am not given to hyperbole) literally the best coffee I have ever, ever had. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">There was this hilarious sandwich shop in Rome that named their sandwiches after famous people. I was surprised to see an Oscar Wilde one...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">but I died when I saw this one!!! I'm not sure how he would feel about the inclusion of Parma Ham given his stance on animal treatment, but I was way, way, way too excited to find this.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Firenze! As much as I loved Rome, I enjoyed Firenze's laid-back nature and small scale more. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">We saw so many churches, but the Duomo was by far my favorite. It's unlike anything I've ever seen before. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The famous Baptistry doors. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">View from St. Peter's Basilica. That obelisk supposedly marks the exact spot where St. Peter was crucified. I was unexpectedly moved by the Vatican in a way I did not expect. I was so thankful to have my sunglasses on the whole time.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It was a wonderful trip. These past few weeks in Granada have been comfortable and fun- I have my rhythm and friends and family here. It feels good to belong. </div><span id="goog_2105132359"></span><span id="goog_2105132360"></span>Oliviahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03823398339104029086noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4668887460447567237.post-80975409594556068132011-10-08T12:11:00.000-07:002011-10-08T12:15:56.720-07:00Italia! (Also, sometimes I fail at tourism).<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">During our week between classes, three of my girlfriends and I went to Rome and Florence for a few days. We were woefully underprepared (I knew how to say "hello," "goodbye," and someone tried to teach me "touch me again and I'm calling the police," but I forgot that one...), but we had such a wonderful, wonderful time. As someone who sometimes travels alone, I forget how enjoyable it can be to have easygoing, adventurous traveling companions. Everything is more fun with them. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Sometimes I feel like I am a really bad tourist. I don't always go to the right museums, or research anything correctly, or even learn basic phrases... sometimes instead of taking pictures or going to yet another cathedral, I just sit on a bench in a plaza and watch people pass for two hours. Or I eat more pizza. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">As wonderful as Italy was, I was excited to come home to Granada. I love it here, I do. I am the happiest I've been in a while. But I am missing my beautiful family and especially my best friend. I wish I could just spend an afternoon sipping tea on the couch and just talking about <i>everything</i> the way only we can, or tooling around the thrift stores. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div>Oliviahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03823398339104029086noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4668887460447567237.post-34516693756480629712011-09-18T13:50:00.000-07:002011-09-18T13:50:27.350-07:00Encantada con EspañaHere's the thing about Spain- I love it.<br />
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I am so busy being in Spain, though, that I do not have time to sit with my thoughts. But to be fair, I've been doing little more than sitting with my thoughts (and the thoughts of people who think better, bigger thoughts than I do) for two years. Maybe it's time for a change.<br />
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Last week we went to Córdoba, which was beautiful- the Islamic influence is present in much of Andalusia but especially here.<br />
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</div> With my <i>guapas</i>... they make everything twelve times more fun.<br />
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During our group's free time, we were given a list of interesting places we could visit if we wished. This is what we chose to do instead. In our defense, this is the first patch of grass we have found in Spain; for some reason it is almost impossible to find.<br />
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The beautiful, beautiful cathedral; once a mosque, it was *ahem* reappropriated as a symbol of Christian power after the city was lost to the Catholic royals.<br />
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Each column, and there are over three thousand I think, is different. Our tour guide was really, really, really fixated on the columns. Out of a two hour tour, he probably spent 75 minutes discussing the columns. Not exaggerating.<br />
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</div> On OJ's last day with us, I took her to church closest to our apartment. This Thursday was a holiday in Granada commemorating the patron saint of the city, <i>Nuestra Virgen de las Angustias</i> (Our Virgen of the Anguishes); all day, people bring flowers to the virgin, and the bouquets are woven together to create a kind of floral patchwork quilt. It is so lovely.<br />
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OJ looking fab in front of the flowers.<br />
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Today is my 21st birthday. If I could have my family with me, then it would be perfect. It's pretty close though- I celebrated last night with the other members of my program. Behind us is the Alhambra, especially majestic at night.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
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</div>Oliviahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03823398339104029086noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4668887460447567237.post-87324207003605218272011-09-13T09:55:00.000-07:002011-09-13T09:55:10.419-07:00Snapshot of Sevilla<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">A long overdue post, I know. However, my host family's internet connection is not always the most advanced, which has resulted in a lot of nights of Micki and I pacing around our tiny room because we can't access our Spanish/English databases (and probably more frequently, episodes of <i>Project Runway</i> and<i> Jersey Shore</i>. Don't judge).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Last weekend, I went to Sevilla with Micki and our friend OJ who has come to visit us in Spain for two weeks. I tried to upload more pictures, but as per usual, these were the only ones that seem to work for now. I will, rest assured, upload more as I am able. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div> There's lots of really cool mosaics and tilework around the city. This one was (obviously) my favorite. I love a good <i>memento mori</i>.<br />
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</div> Sadly, I can't upload a photo of the three of us right now, but here's one with Micki and me. Please note the DOUBLE ankle brace contraption. Cute. Also, we may be too far away to tell, but Micki and I were both struck with a horrible cold. I remember wanting to crawl into my hostel bed and die during this picture; luckily we were able to rally with some superstrength medicine from one of Spain's ubiquitous <i>farmacías</i>.<br />
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Columbus' tomb. He must have been a short man because it is a <i>small</i> coffin. It was all I could do to contain myself in this corner of the cathedral, but I did not cause a scene.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Tonight, my friends have orchestrated a "Family Dinner" with most of the kids of our ILACA program at a Mexican restaurant in town. I am beside myself at the prospect of guacamole. Spanish food is great, but there is nothing I would not do for some frijoles and fajitas. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div>Oliviahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03823398339104029086noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4668887460447567237.post-32630097765129249832011-08-29T17:26:00.000-07:002011-08-29T17:26:24.032-07:00La tarde en Granada<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This afternoon, Micki and I embarked on one of our homework assignments, a glorified scavenger hunt throughout the city, assigned in the hopes of familiarizing students with the important buildings around Granada, such as the main farmacías, theatres, and fountains. Of course, Micki and I got lost but passed a</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">very pleasant afternoon getting to know the city in our own way. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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The river bisecting Granada (calling to memory Javert, obviously).<br />
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A picture of my host father in uniform. I have no idea what he does, but it looks impressive and he has a name tag that says "Capitán." But today he was most proud of the many varieties of fish he caught on a friend's boat.<br />
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Today, in the bright sun, it is beautiful. It is busy and loud and there are a stupefying amount of vegetable sellers, but it feels good. My host mother, María, is super friendly, and so is her husband Eloy. And then there's Bimba, an out-of-control Yorkshire terrier that sounds like an angry pig when she barks.<br />
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Micki and I are set to explore the city this afternoon, so hopefully we'll have photographic evidence that we are actually in Granada this afternoon. So far my local exposure has been going to the supermarket to buy frozen peas to ice my foot, so here's to broadening my horizons!Oliviahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03823398339104029086noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4668887460447567237.post-26674658585964669572011-08-04T00:39:00.000-07:002011-08-04T00:39:45.506-07:00Please God, not another travel blog.Like so many of my dear friends, I am beginning my study abroad adventure. In a few weeks I will be jetting of to Granada, Spain for four months with my "sister from another mister" Micki, to study Spanish language and culture. And after that, I head to Mexico for another six months.<br />
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My feelings are mixed. I have spent the past two years spending countless nights hunched over the dismal glow of my laptop in an otherwise abandoned library, waiting for the day when I could finally start what I had been planning for years- a year abroad, learning my father's language and understanding a little more about how the shards of the world fit together.<br />
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On the other hand, I know what it means to travel. To travel well is not to have what you later describe to your friends as "crazy adventures" with photographic evidence of yourself posing awkwardly in front of monuments and museums or in dimly lit bars and restaurants, sometimes (God forbid) flashing the peace sign. Not that there is anything wrong with crazy adventures. We all need those too.<br />
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To travel well is to allow yourself to be hurt by what you experience. To sometimes embrace the feeling of inevitable loneliness that comes with starting a new life, to feel the pain of others who have lives harder than your own, to reserve the right to feel underwhelmed, bored, or homesick.<br />
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My prayer for this year is to allow myself to fully accept and participate in whatever it brings, the moments of joy and adventure and also the moments of adjustment and pain. So often it seems we are too eager to sugarcoat our travel experiences without understanding that the less-than-perfect, less-than-thrilling moments are just as much a part of our own story, and ultimately, just as valuable.Oliviahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03823398339104029086noreply@blogger.com1