Hola!
So this week we were asked to take a leisurely stroll around our neighborhood and see the structure of the typical spanish block. Let me tell you, it is nothing like my neighborhood in the States. Here, I live in an apartment off of one of the main roads in Granada, and along my street (and basically every street nearby) there is a shop for every necessity imaginable. It's quite convenient to have everything in walking distance. I'd show you pictures, however the wifi is a tad bit slow (painfully slow) and none of the pictures are uploading. Hopefully my descriptions can help you paint a lovely picture of my beautiful neighborhood.
At the intersection of my street and the main road, there is a bank on three of the four corners. Banks. are. EVERYWHERE. Which is good for me if I ever need to withdraw más euros. The fourth corner has a cute little pastry shop, and a pizza/kebab place. I haven't eaten at the kebab place, but from what I hear it's pretty yummy comfort food for a very cheap price. I might just have to try it out sometime.
There is an Italian restaurant is next to my apartment, and apparently it is a fancy restaurant for fair prices. One of our program directors gave very high recommendations, and we are planning on doing a fancy dinner night here at some point during the trip. I haven't really eaten out much because dinner with the fam bam is so much fun! I learn new things listening to them banter at the dinner table, and the food is superb! We did however, go to an Indian restaurant here one of the nights, which was delicious.
I was going to post pictures of all the different types of restaurants, but I figured that would be way too boring. I've seen Chinese, Japanese, Mexican, Indian, Pakistani, and Italian restaurants all within a 7 minute walking distance from my apartment. Yum!
Plaza de Gracia is right outside my door. It takes me maybe 20 seconds to walk over here. This plaza is always hopping with people, as there is a nice seating area in the center, a pretty fountain, and an area for children to be children. Around the plaza there are many cafes, a churreria (specializes in churros), pescaria (specializes in fish and seafood), and bars, a church, and a discoteca. The is the discoteca VERY close to my apartment. It's a college themed club and with a student ID, people can get in for free! The church is on the other side of the plaza and right now it is under construction, as is the road next to it, which leads to my host brother's school! Seriously, everything is within a five minute walking distance.
There are several supermarkets around the block, which I have yet to go to. The vet and dance school are behind our apartment building, next to the art studio/exhibit (where one of my host sister's paints), and movie cinema. And speaking of movies, there is a movie rental store on each side of my apartment. I have also discovered an abundance of pharmacies and shoe stores. I probably pass at least 20 stores specifically for shoes on my 15 minute walk to class.
The layout of the neighborhood reminds me a teeny bit of Ann Arbor, probably because I have to walk everywhere I need to go. However, there are definitely more specialty stores here in Granada, and it's so nice and much more convenient to be close to everything.
Until next time,
Halie
We were talking about the abundance of kebab restaurants the other day and the consensus was that they will soon be as prevalent in Spain as pizza joints are in the U.S.
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