So as Kamal said, we have been taking trips to the market and the main part of Granada everyday as part of the Language school´s activities. Yesterday we visted a museum that had paintings and sculptures from the indiginous people of the area. On the way over there, a dog (un perro) decided to come along. He followed us for like 2 blocks! Needless to say, I was not too pleased with the new addition to our tour group! There are dogs everywhere! Most of them stay to themselves so it´s not really problematic. But that particular one definitely freaked me out. We went into a bank and I was really happy to get rid of him...but when we came out, he not only found us but followed us to the next bank! boo perro! btw-- this happens the day after Francisca´s dog kept us up all night by barking for hours in the middle of the night!
I also got my first taste of trying to buy something without very indepth knowledge of the language. I have been looking for mangos since we got down here, and finally found someone selling whole mangos (since the travel clinic said unless you peel it yourself, don´t eat it!). I tried to ask how much they were but we couldn´t understand the answer, so we all thought we were getting 2 mangos for 12 cordobas....until the lady kept piling mangoes into the bag...which is when we realized we had bought 12 mangos instead! good thing i like mangos!
We visted another church today and got to climb the bell tower and take panoramic pictures of Granada. Tomorrow we visit the volcano and I´m super excited about that. Other than that, everything is going well. I am learning some spanish, but am definitely not capable of speaking with local ppl yet because they talk super fast, including the host family we stay with. Hope all of you are doing well. Hasta luego, Neet
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