Southern Spain

Well apparently when I typed my last update, I didn´t realize what I was pressing because all the buttons on the computer here are in Spanish, so I think I deleted my post instead of saved it. Ooops.

Anyways, We arrived here a few days ago in Málaga, and that place was pretty cool. The prices weren´t bad, but it was really touristy. We had some Paella and walked around town. We visited a former Muslim Palace and fort, and then we went out to dinner and had some food. That was really all we did there. the next day we bussed to Granada. Granada was really cool. It was more of an international student town, but it still had a lot to see. We spent around 5 or 4 hours in the Alhambra, the Muslim garden and Palace.. After that there were some cathedrals which we saw. I´m not a christian person (as in i dont believe), so seeing these every city i travel to is kinda boring and repetitive. I really just have to ask myself what they could have been working on besides these churches. OH well. Anyways, I liked Granada but I probably wont go back there again. Its ok.
The amazing thing about Granada was that we met up with Teemu and Janne there. I heard from Krister that the two were somewhere in Spain, and that was it. As we were getting off the bus to get to our hostel, I was like... wtf... isnt that Teemu?? Two tall blond Finns among Spaniards... Iknow its easy to spot them, but still it was pretty coincidental. As it turns out, they were staying with a Finnish friend of theirs and they told us about a party they were having on Friday night. It was pretty fun to go there. We all were hungover the next day, and we took a late train to Seville.

Since there is sunlight until 9pm over here, we still walked around Seville that night, and then yesterday the Semana Santa started. This is an Easter ceremony in Spain where people dress up in KKK-like uniforms and perform the Passion of the Christ through the city streets. It was really interesting to watch, but they do this for about 12 hours a day for a week. Kinda loses its novelty after... 5 minutes. So I stayed in last night because I didnt want to see the black uniforms in the night. Kinda dark eh. anyways, its interesting, but I think I would rather be in Seville during bullfight season. I am not really a fan of Christian processions that block up all the traffic in the city. Ok.. so the city. Seville is my favorite city I think so far. I will have to come back here during some other time though to get a better picture of the city. Barcelona is a close second. I do like Mallorca more though, but just because its an island in the Med, and the prices are cheaper.

Ok so we are about to take a bus to the port city of Tarifa. We will spend the rest of the day there and then tomorrow we are going to Morocco. I will hopefully be able to update in Morocco, but if not ill write some stuff down, because Im sure we will have a lot of stories.

Travelling with different people really changes your perception of a city, and a country. Some people travel together better than others... it´s just the way it is.

SO UPDATES:
I have added some more vacations to my vacation list.
April 18: Get back from Morocco
April 18-20: Frühlingsfest in Stuttgart
April 21-24: Amsterdam
April 25-29: Lisbon and Porto, Portugal
May 1: School Starts
May 7: going to Formula 1 Race: Nürburgring ( i think thats how you spell it. dont know for sure)
May 9-14: Rijeka, Croatian coast

I need to look at my school calendar for holidays, and then I can add a few more.