Nerja
Our program took a day trip to the coastal city of Nerja to soak in some sun. Even though the water was cold I finally sucked it up and swam in the Mediterranean! We all eat paellla at this beach side restaurant and then played volleyball for the rest of the afternoon! It was my last time on the coast so it was sad to leave the costa del sol!
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| Lunch time! |
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| Paella restaurant! |
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| Hey look I found my store! |
The third of May is la día de la cruz (Day of the Cross). During this festival, different churches and other groups build displays that center around a large cross covered in red flowers. The cross is usually surrounded with different antiques and items that are special to the city they are in. Granada is known for having a great día de la cruz festival and I had a great time looking at all the displays and enjoying the other main part of the festival: flamenco. The women (and little girls!) of Granada dress up in beautiful flamenco dresses and put red and white flowers in their hair, many of the crosses are accompanied by flamenco music and there are performances in many of the plazas. My favorite spontaneous performance was in front of the cross in campo del principe where a mother was dancing with her husband who was holding there little daughter. I got it on film and it will for sure make it into my Spain video! After we enjoyed the crosses Katie, Ruth and I hiked up to Tess's place in the Albaicin and hung out in her cave for a while before I was off for a lovely double date with Sam, Alex and Leah!
All displays have an apple with scissors in them, which symbolizes a pun I'll attempt to explain. "Pero" means "but"and is another word for apple. By putting an scissors in the apple it means that anyone who says something along the lines of "This display is beautiful but I have seen better"should just stop talking when they get to the word "but".
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