Granada, Spain

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really spain?

I have had intercambios galore lately and im loving it. Today the intercambio that I do with Erica, took us to a teteria in the Arabic part of town. His name is perry and he is my favorite intercambio. Hes something along the lines of erica’s host sister’s fiancé…or some weird connection like...

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Taryn Hawkins on November 19 from Granada, Spain

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so.much.stuff.

so im sitting in my bed at 3 in the afternoon because there is nothing else to do on sundays...still sick... so i decided to make a list of all the things i want to get before i leave. bad idea. theres quite a bit...it is going to be a miracle if i get everything home...ive already made a pile...

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Taryn Hawkins on November 15 from Granada, Spain

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gripe a, siempre en mi vida

i thought that after the whole argentina ordeal, i would be done dealing with gripe 1, aka swine flu..but turns out thats not the case. i got really sick the day before danny and mike got here, then today i had to go to the doctor and they told me i cant leave the apartment until monday. i was...

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Taryn Hawkins on November 11 from Granada, Spain

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cordoba

hghg hghgh

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ketc on October 29 from Granada, Spain

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intercambio

so an intercambio is a person you pair up with that speaks the language you want to learn. so tonight we went for tapas with a group of intercambios that AIFS set up. i was kind of skeptical because most people tend to use the intercambio thing as like..a dating service. in the CLM, the place...

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Taryn Hawkins on October 13 from Granada, Spain

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language barriers?

so when i first got here, i needed to get some shampoo and conditioner. well, when we were in florence, i realized that indeed i got shampoo..and another bottle of shampoo. oops! for about ten weeks i have been using two shampoos! don't worry, i still use them both. that same shopping trip,...

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Taryn Hawkins on October 12 from Granada, Spain

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say whattt??

so a few things i forgot in my last post.. the airports. you would not believe the airports. we seriously walked right through customs on our way there and back, no one asked any questions at all. sad though because we didnt get a stamp in our passport :( also security...it was very...

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Taryn Hawkins on October 9 from Granada, Spain

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strange things

so i have had all of my class once. on monday and wednesday i have my spanish communications class which is basically just grammar and conversation, and i have a spanish culture and society class. on tuesday and thursday i have a translation class, literature and teaching english to spanish...

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Taryn Hawkins on October 8 from Granada, Spain

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Only in Spain...

Okay probably not only in Spain, but by that I mean...not in the US... 1) se permite fumar aqui smoking is permitted here. and by here, they mean everywhere. i was studying with some friends in Dunkin Coffee today and had to get up and leave because the place was worse than a bar at home....

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Taryn Hawkins on September 28 from Granada, Spain

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hills & valleys, but mostly hills

yesterday was our hike called the hills and valleys of granada. think they just put 'and valleys' in there so people would go on the hike. they lady leading said that it would be almost vertical the whole way, up and down. they were very, very steep. the only 'valley' we walked through...

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Taryn Hawkins on September 27 from Granada, Spain

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