The great weather lasted last week after my mom and aunt left Granada, but this week has been a little on the colder side (60s) with rain in the forecast. No bueno. But while we had nice weather I made sure to enjoy it all last week with friends. We went on a hike Wednesday, lounged and tanned in the park Thursday, went souvenir shopping and churro eating on Friday. The weather was great up until Saturday, which is ironically when a group of us went to the beach.
The beach we went to was in Motril, which is a pueblo of Granada. It was a quick bus ride away which was nice, but when we got to the beach it was cool out with wind and overcast. We still spent the majority of the day on the beach though. We had our music, sandwiches, snacks, books, waves, and good company so we were all set. We just hung out on our towels in our sweats in the made the best of it. Later, we walked around the city. All in all it was a really fun day.
The next day, Sunday, I went with Gustavo and some of the kids from UConn to Seville for the day. It was the last day of the Feria, which we went to, and then that night we went to a bullfight. The feria caught me by surprise because when you first enter its very similar to the Woodstock fair. I was ignorant to the fact that country fairs if you will happen outside of the states. Lots of rides, lots of games and prizes, fried food, ice cream, and animals. But, the majority of the people at the fair were dressed in tradicional flamenco dresses and suits. The kids especially were decked out and were so adorable. In the back of the fair, there were lines of tented booths for multiple blocks. These weren´t filled with things to buy like in the states, but instead each one was owned by a different family and had seating, food, and a bar. The only catch is that in order to partake in the festivities in the tents you had to be a member or friend of the family that owned the tent. So we didn´t get to partake in the Feria that way, but we still enjoyed walking around and enjoying the fair.
That night we went to a bullfight, which I was kind of nervous about. I was afraid it was going to really gory, but surprisingly it was not. Also to my surprise, I found it beautiful. Everyone in the stands were dressed up just like how people dress up for horse races in the states, and the matadors were dressed in bright colors and sparkles and used bright pink and red capes during the fight. Also, everyone in the stands watched in silence until the toro was stabbed each stage. There´s three stages of killing in each bull, and six bulls are killed each night. The reason this bullfight wasn´t too gory is because Seville has the second best matadors, after Madrid, and there for it only takes them one stab each round to stab where they are suppose too. At other bullfights, it takes the matedors multiple stabs to find the kills spots and kill the bull and that´s how it gets gory. Only one of the matedor received a prize at the end of the night for how well he did. He received both of the bulls ears. The best prize is both ears and the tail, second is both ears, and third is one ear. Overall I enjoyed the bullfight but I don't think I would go again. It was good to see something very tradicional of Spain, but when its all said and done I´d rather spend the money on another Real Madrid game.
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