Hello!!! Tuesday was a great day. The ran that was in Madrid for the past week finally hit Granada and it poured! We cleaned the church in the morning and then went off to lunch with Diego & Pepita. They are on the leadership team at the church and it was a blast to be invited over to their house. They speak NO English, and our Spanish is very broken. We managed to struggle through 2 hrs of conversation though! Here they are below
Isaac took a photo of me outside the palace at the Alhambra
Young baby whose grandmother was helping us clean the church. I couldn't help but take her for a little bit and take some nice photos.
So cute!!! 4 month old... I forgot her name
The inside of the church. It used to be an old garage. The guy who owns it decided he would rent it out to the church... all they had to do was remodel. They sometimes stuff upwards of 150 people in this church on Sunday afternoons for church service.
After Diego and Pepita's house we went off to the Alhambra. Click the link to view more. We spent a few hours touring this HUGE history piece in Granada.
Inside the palace
intricate ceiling artwork.
Another view of Granada from the Palace.
On our way home from the Alhambra it was dark and raining so hard. We were tired and wet and just wanted to eat and get home. We got on a bus that would bring us into town and then we would catch a city bus to take us to the suburb bus to take us back to Joel & Nancy's house. This was the first time we rode the bus, and we were by ourselves. We got on the bus and couldnt figure out where to get off. The bus was packed full with college students. The windows were fogging, and to make matters worse the bus drive had a Barcelona soccer (futbol) game on the radio so loud. All the college students were yelling and screaming for the game and so we couldn't hear the stops.
We reached the last stop. The bus had been empty for a few minutes now. The bus drive spoke no English (Which is FINE because we are in Spain), But in moments like this you want to hope you run into someone who knows even the littlest amount of English. We got off the bus in not the greatest location, but God showed us the way and gave us a women who knew a little English. We told her where we wanted to go and she said follow me... she was going on the same bus. It was such a frustrating experience. Not only did we not know where to go, we didn't know where we were, which makes it hard when you are trying to find where to go. Ahh the language barriers. Next time I want to be better at Spanish!
2 comments:
I wish I was there w/ you, Madrid is my favorite place I have ever visited. Make sure you get some good Sangria, oh and some fish, a lot of times they serve fish and chips and the fish comes out as a whole fish w/ eyes and everything. Eww! I am sure Jenna you wouldn't touch it.
Beautiful pictures, I cant wait to hear all about your trip from you both, until then the website is the next best thing!! You are doing a great job of making us all want to be there with you! See you soon!!
Post a Comment