March 13-19 I was luck enough to have Josh, my boyfriend, use his spring break to come visit me! Not only was it exciting to see him, but I loved being able to show him around Granada and Madrid. I was just able to show him my way of life. I was able to show him my school the CLM, the Albayzin, the La Alhambra, the Cathedral, etc. I was able to tell him the history of the city and be able to make some of my stories come more alive for him. My host family wanted to meet him so one afternoon we came here for lunch and I was the fun translator between them all. We even discovered another cool lookout from the Alhambra that oversaw the entire city. It was fascinating!
While I enjoyed showing him Granada, being in Madrid with him was another adventure! Although I had been in Madrid the weekend before with my program, there was still so much to Madrid that I hadn't seen yet. I showed Josh what I knew of the Puerta del Sol and of course the awesome spiderman at Plaza Mayor and the we started walking along the parks near the Palacio Real. It was in one of these parks where we spotted this tall fountain in the distance. We still had a lot of sunshine to burn, so we started walking in that direction. We ended up walking through this huge park with running trails, biking trails, trees, and grass everywhere.
It almost seemed like what Central Park feels like in New York--like you're not even in the city anymore. The path in the park led us straight to the fountain. And what did we find at the fountain? Row boats! You could rent a row boat for less than 5 euros for 45 minutes so we did! What a steal it was! It was so unreal and so pretty with the scenery and the fountain--which created so many rainbows! It was the best way to (unfortunately) end the week since he was off the airport the next morning.
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