Happy June! May was pretty crazy. I went to my friend Jessica's little sister's first communion. What a trip! Also my sister Shell came to town for 2 weeks. It was AWESOME. Aaaalso, my roommates went bat $#!% cray and got reeeeal mad at me for a week or so. But now its June and all is well.
Jessica and her sister Patricia. The communion was in all honesty a wedding for 10 year olds, minus the groom. There were gifts (including an ipad), hugest meal of my life, open bar, cake cutting, 1hr church ceremony, and the big white dress. I love visiting Jess's home town--she has the coolest family. For example, her mom: she works 14hr days, is an amazing cook, reads A TON, studies english, plays the clarinet, and frequently goes out dancing. Their family listens to classical music while eating dinner, because "it makes the food taste better"... and the top 40 while washing dishes. They dance together :)
18 kids had their first communion that day. Boys wear little sailor suits, and girls wear wedding dresses.
Jess's fam. Her and her sister Maria look soooo much alike.
60 relatives came. 60...
Cake cutting
Their town is known as the city lost in a sea of olives. Its surrounded by olive trees!
Then this girl visited Granada.
We didnt see a bullfight but we went to the ring and pretended to be in The Gladiator.
Went to a beach town and got bottomless bowls of Paella.. a classic southern-spain dish.
My cafeteria food! Love it love it love it.
The Alhambra. (some famous castle)
She came during an awesome week: the fair was here. Nothing like an american fair. 1 euro beers came out of every vending machine, entrance was free, it closed at 6am, there was verrrry little security, lots of flamenco dancing, unsafe and fantastic rides, people of all ages, and delicious food.
By her choice, we then went on a bike ride. Pretty epic actually. A part of granada i hadnt seen before. 13 miles! Alberto's dad gave us the grand tour and it.. was.. awesome.
She came to class with me too. Really took an interest in learning about spain, which i appreciated. This professor is my all time fave this year; reminds me of robin williams in The Dead Poets Society. (he's in the center in white)
The whole town went crazy during fair week. Its because of a holiday called "corpus cristi," or "christ's body." There we're religious and non-religous parades, constant attractions, shows and events. Here's a group of little girls dancing flamenco that we ran into in a plaza near my house.
It was a really special time having Shell visit. It felt so grown up and mature to be in Europe together with my little sis... like we we're friends or something. Haha. It was a great time! Hope youre all doin well :) Love you and miss you more everyday!
