Tuesday continues

Hóla everyone!

Well, it´s 3 hours after I started my first Tuesday blog and I have to admit I am a little bit drunk, more tipsy actually...Shiloh and I had a few hours to pass (this always seems to be the case) and we went to a somewhat hidden away little restaurant and ordered what was supposed to be one glass of wine....which became 3, which became a bottle, which became as well, a glass of beer...yoiks...so, here I am, quite happy to be writing, quite happy to be anything! Today wasn´t too exciting as far as stories go...just hanging out with our dogs, and drinking Spanish wine...the last few days though have been some of the best...I don´t know if a lot of people know, but Shiloh and I came to Spain to meet a half-sister that we have not met before...it´s a long story, but it´s been a great one...too much to write here...but from all of this, we have met a lot of people through Pam (our sister) and spent a lot of fun times in Granada...we are now in Órgiva...pronounced Or-hee-ba...a small village about 45 minutes south of Granada (which is a perfect city in some ways...), we´re about 30 minutes away from the coast of the Mediterranean and the weather has been amazing..sun and swimming! Sorry Edmontonians, I´ve heard about it there!!!We have rented a casa (house) in the hills just outside of Orgiva for one month...it´s beautiful...I only want to stay for a month though because there is so much to see...I even feel a bit antsy being in a place that is so secluded...which to me is stupid...in Edmonton, I was craving quiet...time to read and write...and now that it´s here, I feel antsy...so I am doing my best to get into the rhythm of Spanish life and just accept that the whole world doesn´t behave like North America...and it still works out just fine...everyone lives life to the fullest without rushing around thinking how much they have to do, how many people they have to see, how much they personally have to accomplish that day...it will be hard to re-adjust I am sure...

Over the past few days I have visited Pampaneira which is a small village about 15 kms (.5 hour drive) up the mountain from Órgiva...it´s amazing..if you have the chance to look it up on the Internet, it´s worth it...we meant to spend an hour or two there and spent the whole day there...it´s one of those dreamt about white villages in the mountains with orange and olive tree groves...the streets actually look like something that 2 people can pass by comfortably (walking that is) and that´s about it...we were fascinated! So we drank some wine, fed the local pups and then had a "Speed" like experience taking the bus back home to Órgiva...made short, a woman, not all there, in the end tried to take the bus from the driver...it´s always a good story in the end when the "bad guy" doesn´t win...

We also spent some time in Granada this weekend with another Edmontonian...a very independent 18 year old who happened to be friends with one of my ex-workmates from Global TESOL...she came with us to Granada and I could see myself, her and Shiloh all fall in love with Granada that weekend, although Shiloh and I have spent nearly 3 weeks there...I think honestly, that I could live in Granada for a long time to come...but that´s for another time...

It´s been almost a month and I am finally coming to terms with culture shock...I thought this was something you experience for a week maybe 2 and then you´re automatically in love with wherever you are...not that easy...which makes me happy, realizing how much I love Edmonton and home...but, I am getting over the whole comparison thing and I now find myself wanting to stay here for longer than I had originally wanted to...there is so much to learn about a new culture! I see old people and I want to be able to converse with them so much...the stories they could tell! It´s alienating...but it´s a good kick too, to want to start to really learn the language...

Anyway, enough rambling today...I have to get home..for what I don´t know, but I just do...goodnight!

xoxox
Savannah