Welp, I’ve officially failed to keep up with my goal of
posting each week. With an intensive week of learning Spanish vocabulary, a
number of applications due back in the States, and various weekend trips
throughout Spain (with and without my GRIIS program), I’ve been blessed with
wonderful adventures and very little time for filling in people back home with
stories via blog.
To complement my lack of promptness, I decided to name this
post after something my roommate and I learned from our new new Spanish madre. It is an expression of the inability to
control what life may throw at you. “Lo que Será, Será.” In English it means, “Whatever will be,
will be.”
And so, although I meant to keep everyone posted on a
regular basis, my cliff note version of the last three weeks will have to
suffice. (And a great
apology to all those hanging on the edge of their seats each week!)
Two weeks ago, our program advisors took us on a trip to a
small city in Spain called Ronda.
About a five-hour bus ride away from Granada, the town is located west
of Granada and near the southern tip of Spain. Our visit was only a half a day and yet that was enough
time for me to fall in love with it.
The city is simply beautiful.
Quaint, with incredible views of the countryside, it was the perfect
place to spend the day with the entire GRIIS (Granada Institute of
International Studies) crew.
One of the coolest parts of our trips was our tour of a
bullfighting arena. We were able
to walk throughout the entire facilities, from where the bulls were held before
fights to the field grounds (arena?) itself. While touring the stadium, our advisor told us of the
history of bullfighting in Spain, specifically in the city of Ronda. We learned of famous bullfighters and
roamed rooms filled with traditional bullfighting garments and captured
bulls. It was really cool to learn
the significance of the sport and of course, to act out a bullfight with the
other students in the arena J
(not gonna lie, it made the trip 10 times better.)
With pictures of gorgeous views and crazy animal poses, I
really couldn’t have asked for a more fun day.
Ronda. Ronda. Ronda.
A completely unexpected treasure.
Both beautiful and pleasant and a sharp contrast to our next group trip
to Madrid (see next post).
Hope you enjoy the pictures of my visit! If you don’t have a
Facebook and would like to see more pictures, please feel free to e-mail me (or
post below your e-mail) and I can e-mail you a link with more photos!
Until my next post (which is hopefully soon), hasta luego!
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Couldn’t get enough of the beautiful views
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Touring the bullfighting
arena
Gotta love the bull pics :)
Walking around town
By far, one of my favorite places
we have visited so far
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| Found this site on a walk after lunch |
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