el 14 de febrero

Today, during my vuelta or stroll around the city, I enjoyed the overcast skies and the still damp ground from last night’s rain. We are supposed to have rainstorms all week, though I have a feeling it’ll mostly happen at night. I love the rain at any rate, so it always brightens my mood to see dark clouds in the sky.

I decided to walk El paseo de tristes (The sad ones’ path), so named because it was the same path that the funeral processions used to walk after the church ceremony. It starts at one of the iglesias and then winds around next to the river and finally takes a sharp turn up a steep hill that leads to the old cemetery. The ancestors of Granada used to take that exhausting walk while CARRYING THE COFFIN. Uphill. By foot. At least a 30 minute walk for me. I can’t even imagine. The view is beautiful though because you pass right under, and later, right next to the Alhambra.

On my way back I came across the cutest, dirtiest three legged dog I have ever seen. I wanted to take him home and give him a bath. He was following two other dogs and their owner, but I couldn’t tell if he was part of the gang or just wanted to make some new friends. I hope the former…

And then just after that I saw a gaggle of middle schoolers with their backpacks, presumably on a field trip to see the Albaicín or the Alhambra. To me, an outsider, it seems so exciting and cool! But I’m sure to them, it was as common place as our field trips to the local art museum.


And to celebrate Valentine’s Day, we watched the childhood classic The Mighty Ducks. =p Quack Quack Quack!!!