halow

hola chicos! i am in granada and finally have access to internet, my apartment doesn't have it so i have to go on campus to use the computer. my host family is really nice. the lady's name is isabella and her mother, ignacia, lives with her. the language barrier is a little difficult but she is really nice and tries to help us with our spanish. the food is pretty good and she cooks vegetarian which is awesome. both of her daughters come over for lunch everyday and we all sit in the den and eat. one of her daughters, isabella, has two daughters adriana and elvidra who are adorable! the vase was a huge hit and i went and bought her flowers yesterday to put in it. i don't start class until february 4th but all this week and next we are having a refresher spanish class. on friday we are all going to go snowboarding because we don't have class on this friday or any friday! there is a mountain about an hour away that you can take a bus there for like 5 euros. there is also a beach that is an hour away that is supposedly always warm, what a great life! we went out on monday night and it was fun but all of the spanish students have exams for the next two weeks so there weren't a lot of people out. there is this one street that everyone goes out on that i think will be really fun once people start going out. alright, well i have to go to this meeting now but i am going to try to post pictures!

love, grayson 

chin chin

i made it! i made it! i made it! spain is so amazing and i have only been here for 24 hours. i meet four really cool girls almost immediately after i landed. kristen, liah, and molly are all from kansas and christina is originally from sweden but moved to massachusetts. my roommate is really nice but we are pretty different which is ok, i actually think it might be easier living with someone for four months and not hang out with them all the time. the entire group went out to dinner last night and then the five of us went out to a bar called dubliners where we tested our spanish with the locals. today we went to a museum and then went to the royal palace where king phillip v lived. it was BEAUTIFUL! unfortunately i wasn't allowed to take pictures inside of either the museum or the palace. we are going to a monastery tomorrow and then leave for granada on sunday. i think that i might move to spain when i graduate (smith we might need to forget skyscrapers and switch our dreams to european architecture). when i was at lunch today, these four business men were taking there 3 hour break in the middle of the day enjoying a leisurely lunch, a bottle of wine, and a game of cards--talk about the good life.

time for my siesta! more later...

love, grayson 

ps. chin chin means cheers

here goes attempt number two...

hey yall! i am going to try to start a blog again so that everyone can keep up with me while i travel. hopefully the internet will work better in granada than it did in malawi and i will be able to post more than twice! skype (grayson.caldwell) will probably be the best form of communication so if a really random number is calling, answer because it may be me! i'll miss yall!

love, grayson