We had a Puente last weekend, which means like a long weekend. Friday was "Dia del Trabajo" aka work day. So it was a National holiday and everyone had the day off. A teacher from Cecilia's school was going to Huelva because her fiance went to school there. So we got a ride with them Thursday evening after school. The ride was about 3 hours and of course it was all windy and crazy, so I wasn't feeling so hot. But we finally got to Punta Umbria, which is like a peninsula in Huelva. They drove us to our hotel, the Pato Amarillo (yellow duck), and then went to their hotel. Ours was decent, we had a very big balcony that looked over the pool/courtyard and out to the ocean. It was a great view. Friday ... read more

Well... being the big group of Americans we are we thought we should have a St. Patty's Day party, because that seems to be a fun day to celebrate in the USA. So we invited our teachers over for a party. We made meatballs, a delicious roasted red pepper salad with onions, and a few pizzas. David brought lots of yummy candies, some kind of like M&Ms and gummy "besitos" which means "little kisses" which I absolutely love! We also had olives and potato chips, of course! We had a good turn out! We served Spanish beer, although Christine brought a few Guinness to share, but no one could really handle that kind of beer, haha, and we also had some Spanish wine. It wasn't a very Irish party, although we did make a delicious Shepard's ... read more

What a weekend! My parents arrived last week in Priego on Tuesday. I showed them the Balcon del Ardave and the Fuente del Rey, as well as the rest of Priego, which took all of an hour. We had lunch at the Barbacoa on Tuesday because I wanted mom to try the "secreto" and she indeed loved it. Wednesday they went to Granada while I was at school to visit the Alhambra. Wednesday night we just made some tortilla at my apartment. Thursday after school, we drove from Priego to Ronda which is supposedly the spiritual home of bullfighting. Although I didn't see much in the way of bullfighting aside from the ring, but the city itself was gorgeous. It had a huge balcon overlooking the edge of the city. It also had a large bridge ... read more

So since things have been a bit boring here in Priego, we decided to liven things up by having an 80's themed party. We invited teachers from our school as well as Cecilia's school. About 20 or so people attended, it was quite fun. We made jello shots since they had never heard of them. They were a big hit! We also taught them how to play "flippy cup" which is a game that has 2 teams in a line down the table and each person has a cup wiht a small amount of beer in it. You must drink the beer and then put the cup on the edge of the table and flip it over and get it to land upside down. After you do that, it is the next person on your teams ... read more

Well… it has been quite the week! Thanksgiving turned out fabulous! We ended up having more guests than we originally planned, we had 9 in total. It was Cecilia, Rachel and myself, along with David, Ana, Lourdes and Sole from our school, and Mari Carmen from Cecilia’s school and her boyfriend’s friend Vicente. We started the day by buying 7 kilos of turkey. We went to the butcher shop across the street from our house and the man there was very nice. He cut the turkey for us and cleaned it. We took it home and seasoned it and put it into the refrigerator. After school we came home and started preparations for dinner. Around 8:30 or so, guests started to arrive. We had wine and a few small snacks before dinner. Since our oven is ... read more