Anything could still happen

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Granada

Eight months since the beginning of this blog and three months since my last post. When I started these place I wanted it to be a record of all the experiences I would go through this year. I thought about it as a “blog of action”. However, as my Erasmus period in Granada is coming to an end, I have to admit, I might have got it wrong.

First of all, I have come to the point of realising that I have probably overgrown this all Erasmus and partying thing. The kind of person I am now decided to keep on waking up early in the morning, maintaining an healthy lifestyle, sticking to a moderate budget and being in charge of the responsibilities of a flat. I also found myself studying much more than I thought and travelling less than I wanted. These five months abroad have been a blessing and a lesson at the same time. So if were to tell something I learnt, I would say adulthood. To me it’s been a great opportunity becuase I had to take care of myself and comply with my obligations. In case I had any doubt, now I am totally concious that I can do it.

At the same time it taught me something else. Actually I am coming to terms with the fact that, as much as I try, I cannot run away from myself. I can take a plane, learn a different language, get to know knew people, but I will still be that precise and thoughtful person, I don’t always need to be. So probably, the lesson is this: rather than trying to change it all, I should first of all try to understand it all, looking for compromises between the person I can’t help being and the one I would like to be.

The other day, as I was sitting on the balcony of San Miguel Alto church a thought struck me out of the blue. While enjoying the sunset from one of the highest places on the hill, with the most amazing wiev of the city, deep down I remembered that the only thing that brought me back to Spain was the love for these magic Granada. A place capable of giving, with no need of asking. So I still have faith in the charm of these city and with almost a month left in Spain I believe that potentially, anything could still happen…

Temitop.

Fiesta de la Primavera 2014

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bottellodromo, Fiesta de la Primavera 2014, foto, Granada, Macrobottellon, pictures

Yesterday was the first day of Spring. For many cultures it’s an ordinary day on the calendar, but no day is ordinary here in Granada.

The beginning of Spring is welcomed with a huge event called Fiesta de la Primavera. This party is a maxibottellon in the Bottellodromo of Granada. Bottellon is the practice of meeting on a spot and consuming alcohol, it’s really common here in Spain but it’s illegal. However, in Granada, it’s allowed only in a specific place, a huge parking lot called el Bottellodromo.

For la Fiesta de la Primavera, starting from Thursday night, young people started gathering en el Bottellodromo, they brought their alcohol, ready to drink all day and all night. It’s an event that takes place every year but with time all of the cultural events related to it have disappeared – even the music disappeared! – and now the only thing left is drinking!

Since I don’t like alcohol I really wasn’t looking forward to staying in a filthy place with drunk people around me, so I thought “ Naaa, I’m not going!”. In the end I changed my mind. The weather was so good that I popped my shorts on to go see what was happenig, but only for..ehmn..ehmn.. anthropological purposes, of course. I thought it was going to be boring but, surprise surprise, in the end I had fun! First of all, the ambiente was crazy! There were thousand of people, and hour after hour it just got more and more crowded! I heard there were expected to be around 20.000 people. Young people would come from all over Andalucia for the Fiesta de la Primavera. With all these crowd you really get to know a lot of people very randomly; most of them a little drunk and very happy. I spoke to more than twenty people in less than 3 hours. Actually you’ll be there chilling and someone will just come over and talk to you. As in all occasions, the company is what matters. Kristina, Tanja and “the Blondies” contribute in making it a pleasant afternoon. Then meeting funny Spanish girls like Sheila and Rosa and catching up with Nadja and Damaris, was just too much fun.

After Cadiz Carnival (I’ll write a post on that soon) I learned the lesson the hard way. You can’t expect to party all night like the Spanish, or better, you can’t stay up all day and night drinking no stop like the Spanish are trained to. So I didn’t let the night meet me there. I left with the beautiful sunset happy of seeing whatsup at La Fiesta de la Primaveraaaa!

Temitóp

Pricila

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Fashion, Granada, Pricila, Spain, Streetstyle, Student, Style

This blog wouldn’t be about me if I didn’t mention one of my biggest interests: Fashion. However I am not attracted by fashion trends. Instead I appreciate personal style, above all.

So meet the beautiful Pricila, she is a student of Sociology, photographer and, the most stylish person I met since I got here in Granada. I saw her yesterday at my Socilogy of the Family class and I couldn’t resist asking if I could take a picture!

What attracted me is her effortless style. I would just love to mess up my curly hair, wrap a scarf around my neck, pop up cardi and be cool…instead of fighting with my freezy hair, never knowing what to wear and often ending up looking like a teenager.

And, did I mention the matching red lisptick and shoes? Just perfect. Even if she is not wearing fancy clothes what really makes her stylish is her a genuine self, posing or not.

Don’t you agree?

Temitóp