¡Vámonos al Club!

Hola a todos!

It's been less than a week and already I am feeling the pull of the Andalucian culture here in Granada.  I'm becoming accustomed to eating lunch around 2:30 and dinner anywhere from 8:00 to 10:00, and even that could be considered early to some locals!  With the incessant heat here, however, it's clearly the only reasonable time to go out to a tapas bar or a restaurant.  The nightlife here in Granada is currently saturated with Americans and other foreigners, with nary a Spaniard to be seen!  It turns out that the University of Granada doesn't start official classes until October, so it's just us "guiris" clubbing by ourselves until then.

Bucknell en Espana brings the party to "Granada 10"

 Otherwise, intensive classes have begun which consist of 4 hours of consecutive lecture for 4 weeks.  It's pretty daunting coursework but altogether quite nice to have a consistent schedule once again.  We also all have a class with Prof. Acuna who is the Bucknell professor who is here with us which only meets twice a week.

The best roommate pair in Granada!

On the more cultural side, I'll quickly add that we visited the Generalife and saw a flamenco show based on the Lorca poem "Poema del cante jondo."  It was incredible.  It's hard to express with words what the music is like live, but I highly recommend watching this short clip of two legends of flamenco:  Cameron de la Isla and Paco de Lucia. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gm8FYF96BXE&feature=related You'll notice the distinct Arab flavor, which is incredibly common in so many aspects of daily life here in Granada.

Well, now is the siesta, so I'm going to take a nap (which is something that apparently only foreigners do) and get ready for a tour of the Albaicin neighborhood this evening.

Hasta pronto,

Matt

I took a picture of a shadow for my sister.  It's artsy.