Monday, January 21, 2008

Trip to the Sierra Nevadas, etc

The restaurant we had lunch at. It had best food since I've been here! I had a burger, fries, guacamole and sangria. 

Yesterday some friends and I went up to see the snow and ski at the Sierra Nevadas. Most of us ended up not skiing and just walking around the town, eating a a great restaurant, eating and drinking sangria. The weather was absolutely fabulous and it was great to get out of the city. The snow was so beautiful but it was actually about 70 degrees F. We took a bus ride up the mountain and for there and back it was under 10 Euros. The ride was about an hour. We could not see Granada from the mountain but the view was amazing. It was cool to see all the snowboarders and skiers. Made me wish I was better at that! I didn't want to go skiing because I'm not very good and the last thing I want to do is break something this early on. Plus it was about 70 Euros and I would rather save my money for something I'm dying to do. A friend and me went on a ride there though which was like a roller coaster in the snow. It went so fast and I learned that "frenar" means to break! haha. We were behind a woman who was crying! It was hilarious! The ride was like little cars on a smooth rail. 

Then last night a bunch of us went to a local pub to watch the Chargers game and then the Giants/Green Bay. The Chargers lost, but I was glad to watch because I felt a little closer to many at home. I  haven't watched television in English for almost a month! I'm dying to rent a movie or something. Lucky for me I can download television shows from the US when I get really bored or lonely. Don't want to lose my English :) !

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