I intended to stay in Granada for three days, but ended up staying three weeks. Why did I stay? A practical reason... to take Spanish classes. Why is it going to be hard to leave? Because of the friends I´ve made. Yes, I know - cue the violin, but it´s very true. I´ve made the Funky Backpackers hostel my temporary home, and gotten to know all of the staff quite well (I doubt that they´ve had many others to stay as long as I have). The Escuela Montalban school made me feel like I had been a student for years. Most importantly, my classmates for two weeks - Stephanie from Atlanta, Eva from Switzerland, Mika from Japan, Regis from Belgium, and Felix and Sebastian from Germany (not to mention many many others) make it really hard to leave. Well, more on this later.
Tomorrow (rather... in 5 hours) I´ll take a train to Madrid, find my way to the airport, fly to Geneva, then take a train to Brig, Switzerland.
An ATM ate my debit card and Bank of America is being extremely unhelpful in getting me some quick cash. I have 15 euros in my wallet, a credit card, and nothing else. This will need to last me until I get to Switzerland and the banks open on Monday (thank god for the Swiss and their plentiful banks). To bed.
Just looked at the Italian Lakes page... looks incredible. Enjoy and share your pictures!
ReplyDeleteWow man, hope you made it to the Swiss banks before you ran out of cash! Sounds like the school in Granada was a great experience- the bike ride looks like it's going to be incredible! Can't wait to hear about it. Keep up the good work.
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