Month: January 2013

November was a crazy month filled with traveling. The destinations were:

MILAN, ITALY Nov 1-3

Otherwise known of as my solid 48 hours of eating.

CÓRDOBA, SPAIN Nov 11

Cordoba, Spain is the land of the famous candy cane arches (otherwise know of as the horseshoe arches of la Mezquita – Catedral de Córdoba). We visited it for a guided day trip and basked in the beauty of the ancient city (and some amazing cheesecake, go figure). Cordoba is yet another example of the threefold influence of Judaism, Islam, and Christianity in southern Spain.

MADRID, SPAIN Nov 16-18

I made quite a few trips back and forth from Granada to Madrid over the semester thanks to my French visa, but this particular weekend was my favorite. A close friend from college flew down from Paris and we spent the weekend being as stereotypically Spanish as we could. Of course, we did well.

LAS ALPUJARRAS, SPAIN Nov 23-24
Las Alpujarras is a region in and around the Sierra Nevada mountains of the south of Spain. My program planned a special trip up to the top of the Sierra Nevadas for Thanksgiving, or “Dia de Dar las Gracias.” Despite an hour long bus trip that I thought was going to be my undoing, it was a fantastic experience.