Hobos y Sevilla y Ronda

Interesting thing I found out today: There are very few homeless people in Granada. There is more homeless shelter space than there are people that need it, which sounds crazy to me. I have only seen a couple of people sitting on sidewalks with signs, and they were older women (so not the druggie alcoholic bums we are used to).
One encounter with a (probably) homeless man: During one class, we had to find a particular plaza and when we sat down to talk about the place, an old man came up to our group. He was clearly not all there, and went straight for one girl and went HOLA HOLA HOLA HOLA HOLA HOLA and asked her for cigarettes. Totally ignored the other 15 people there. She said she didn't have any and he walked off, but came back every couple of minutes until we left and did the same thing. I'm sure it made her very uncomfortable but it was funny to see.

Anyway, we went to Sevilla and Ronda this weekend, for a day each. They were both very nice (Ronda was particularly gorgeous) but they both made me feel homesick for Granada. Coming back was a relief, because I knew my way around and it made me realize that I feel very comfortable here. In Sevilla we saw the Spanish Royal Family's summer home/a labyrinth (so scary!) and lots of gardens, and then a really awesome private flamenco show. Sevilla was more touristy and people were rude, but it is a much bigger city so if we had stayed longer it probably would have been cool instead of annoying. Ronda was very quaint but tiny, and we saw a bullfighting ring that made me a little sick to my stomach.

School started today, and I only had one class for an hour. The Spanish professor seems like fun and the class is really small, which is super nice. I also had my internship with La Unión Iberoamericana de Municipalidades. I'm not exactly sure what they do yet... but I got to upload some interesting articles on domestic violence to the UN website, so I got to read a lot in Spanish. That is definitely my major weakness, so I'm glad I get to work on that.

Unas fotos bonitas :)