Daily Drena: Fast Feet
Today teased us with a beautiful sunny and warm day to start the morning, but by the time we headed home for our break between classes it was grey and cloudy out again, alas. However, by Friday it is supposed to be warm (68 degrees F) and sunny, huzzah! Should be a good weekend for hiking somewhere, possibly Las Alpujarras.
After class, we headed home for a siesta, but we weren’t tired enough to sleep, so I watched some Olympics and started some work, while Lorena decided to go take a walk around town in search of an art store. Her search turned up two stores online, but alas, the one didn’t actually exist and the second looked somewhat permanently closed, although she couldn’t really tell whether it was just closed for siesta, for the day, or permanently. She also took a peek inside the Catedral Metropolitana de Granada (see photos below). And, true to Moorish form, an entire cart full of tea! The Moorish influence has left lots of teterias (tea rooms) in the area where you can go for some tea, light snacks, or smoke a hookah (I don’t think either of us is brave enough to try those out …) in a very bohemian, relaxing setting.
In the evening, after a rush to finish both of our current work emergencies, we raced down to Plaza Nueva to meet up with our fellow classmates for an evening of Flamenco. We wandered up the street next to the river to a little place called Le Chien Andalou and journeyed down into the earthen cave (in actuality, a renovated water cistern, but very much in the true style of the cave homes of Andalucia) to sip some drinks and exchange conversation while waiting for the show to start. The lights dimmed and we were treated to a raw, live performance of cantar (singing), tocar la guitarra (guitar playing), y bailer (dancing). It was an exciting evening and something truly Andalucian.
