Well I'll start my story again near the end of January. A fortunate mistake led me and my host family to have a week of vacation on the last week of January near and in Granada, Spain. A ski trip… to southern Spain. I though it was strange at first, and it still is. But then I learned that those mountains are the highest on the Iberian Peninsula (if not however in Spain). So we hit to road, and then, the slopes. Granted it has been a very warm winter (relatively, because I'm still freezing) and so there wasn't exactly a lot of slopes to hit, but we hit all the ones available. We skied for three days straight in Sierra Nevada. Then, went down the mountain to the city of Granada, and explored it. We explored the city, and then the Alahambra (one of the most famous sites in Spain, so go look it up). The city is very beautiful and there was even a nice temperature while we were there.
Then we went home, sadly, and I was forced to return to school for a week, a week after the week that I had completely missed… aka not fun. But then that Thursday, an opportunity came up. I think it went something like this at 10:30pm "Hey Miguel, want to leave to France tomorrow and go skiing for three days?" And of course I said, "Umm, sure." So there I was Friday night, in France. I went with the club at which I play soccer and (sometimes) study. There were over 30 people in our group and we had a great time in France and on the slopes of Piau Engaly. Which admittedly had [a bit] more snow than those of Granada. And it snowed on the second day (well the night before). It was really fun boarding in all the powder. (Oh yeah I forgot to say, I don't actually ski. I snowboard). The views in the Pyrenees were amazing and the slopes were pretty great. And now I can say I've snowboarded in 3 countries on two comtinents!
And on the way back, with the club (which is a Catholic club) stopped at Torreciudad, which translates directly to Towercity. It's not really a city, but a church a very big church on a small peninsula in the middle of a man-made lake. The "city" was very beautiful and definitely worth the stop we made there.
Then we had returned, and once again, I woke up the next day and went back to school. This time to a week of projects, as we had had that Monday and Tuesday off of school for Canaval (Marti Gra?). Then another week of school after than. And then last week we started exams at the end of the week. And they carry into this week. Which should be great fun. Great fun. I'm really starting to like these trimesters with there three exams per year and then end of course exams. Such a great idea Spain.
Anyways I should probably get back to stuDying. Once again, the valient Miguel Sabol will engage the enemy of all teenagers. Oh and will you look at the time, a great time to start studying.
Un saludo, Miguel Sabol
Casa Pepe
Sierra Nevada
Granada
Torreciudad
