Festival of San Cecilio

Hola amigos, que tal? This past weekend I attended the Festival of San Cecilio, a celebration in Granada that includes a taste of local foods (for example, beans, salted fish and bread), flamenco dance and music (gratis, of course) as well as a concert and sweet constumes, which you can see in this picture! I uploaded more pics on the bottom of the page so check them out...and see if you can spot the dog on the roof!

The festival was located in the Albaicín, a district in Granada that historically was the medieval Muslim quarters. Many of the roads are extremely narrow and windy, and the trek up the Albaicín is always a good workout because it is established on the side of a mountain. Restaurants, bars and night clubs are scattered within this district, making it a prime tourist spot.

Today I visited the Monasterio de La Cartuja with my art class to study the gothic, renaissance and baroque art/architecture. The actual church was decorated in baroque style, which included more color, gold, molding and other detail than I could take in but I really enjoyed it. Unfortunately pictures were not allowed so I can´t share them with you but if you have seen any baroque churches before I think you´d get the picture.

Okay, I have to head home for a light dinner and a bit of studying, but after tomorrow I have my first spring break...and I´m off to Dublin! Hopefully I´ll be in touch but if you don´t hear from me, don´t worry because I´ll have plenty of pictures and stories when I return :)

Un abrazo fuerte