...are some mountains located in the Sierra Nevadas (tallest mountains in Spain) in the province of Granada. Today I went with Ana & José (the kids I teach), Rosa (mom), Fede (dad), Maria (step-sister), José Ramon (Maria's boyfriend), Leti (Rosa's sister), and Keko (Leti's boyfriend) to the Alpujarras for the day. Sorry, that was a little confusing, so let's just say that I went with Ana & José's family. It was fun since Maria, José Ramon, Leti, and Keko are all about the same age as me. The Alpujarras are dotted with tiny white pueblos. Each of these pueblos are very typical and they each have their own unique church with a most spectacular view! We went to the cutest pueblo of Laroles, plus we drove through many others on the way there and back. ¡Qué preciosos! Here is a picture of a typical Alpujarreño pueblo - I didn't take this one though...
So we chilled at a restaurant for a couple hours talking, drinking, and eating delicious food. Such a slower pace of life here - I love it! It's great to have time to sit back and enjoy. So there is a typical red wine made in the region that is supposed to be excellent, so Fede joked with me that he could drink all he wanted and I could drive back to Almeria while he slept. Haha! Rosa & Fede have recently bought a piece of land in Laroles that they are going to build a small house on so we went to take a look and walk around. The view was incredible!! There were tons of almond trees all over already in blossom - they think it's Spring already! Well, I guess it is here in the Mediterranean...
This is Ana & me. I didn't get a picture of José, but I will soon.
There were some baby sheep in a building that sounded like a baby when they said, "baaaa." It was funny though, cause when they all baaaaa'd together at once it sounded like the toy aliens in Toy Story! Of course I was the only one who could laugh at that, pero bueno....
It was good to get out and experience the outdoors besides just the desert or beach. A relaxing day!
So apparently the people from the pueblos of the Alpujarra speak quite a bit different and Rosa says it's hard even for them (Spaniards) to understand them. For example, intstead of "croquetas," they say "encroquetas." Or instead of "se vende" they write it "seven de." Well, I realized something!! My roommate, Yoli, is from the Alpujarras!! No wonder I've had such a hard time understanding her! I feel a lot better now. I thought my Spanish was terrible and not progressing, but even the Spaniards would have trouble understanding her. What a relief to me. Even still, it's a bit hard for me to understand her. She slurs everything together a bit and just speaks in such a different way.
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