Arrivals and doubts.

Granada in the spring. 2014. What will we take from this experience? How will we manage the adversity of living in another country with a different language and cultural norms? Will the accents prove too difficult to follow? The food too exotic to stomach? The heat too much to bear? Let's document our experiences here so that future programs in the city can learn from our observations (and perhaps even more from our mistakes).

My first observation of the program focuses on how diverse Spain is. Just two days ago, my wife and I were watching the news in another language (galego) from our little apartment in Santiago de Compostela. After 48 hours in our Rover 25 (full of pit stops to change the diaper of our 3 month old son), we traveled from one corner of the country to another. Our journey of over 1,000 km took us from green pastures in low-lying valleys to olive groves reaching up the sides of mountain. Politically, Spain is one country but, culturally, one could argue that it is several independent states.

Galicia

Granada