Welcome to Peeling Pomegranates
with Leela and Rebecca
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Qué Calor – 3 Weeks Down ✔️
Hey all! Rebecca here. This past week led us to some beautiful adventures in and around Granada – to a Mediterranean beach, a rocky hike, and through a centuries-old Cathedral. Let’s start with Nerja! Last Sunday, we hopped on a 2-hour long bus ride to get to a town not too far from Granada called… Read more
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¡Que Feliz! Wrapping Up Week 1 in Granada
This week was a treasure trove of little things that made us happy. We keep growing ever more grateful for our host family, who continues to make us great vegetarian food, and has begun to speak more slowly such that we can begin to understand what they are saying under their thick Andalusian accents. Our… Read more
ABOUT US
We are just two simple vegetarian New Yorker gals trying to #learn #Spanish and #window #shop. We are spending the semester in Granada, Spain with a program called ISA that allows us to take classes at the University of Granada’s language center. We are living with a lovely host family in one of the most beautiful parts of the city, where we can see mountains, tons of tapas bars, and hear the bustle of the city right from our window. For some context about blog’s name: “Granada” is the Spanish word for “pomegranate,” which stands as a symbol of this city – you can find unripe pomegranate trees tucked among buildings all over.
Follow along with us as we post periodical updates about our time here, and we get closer to “fluidez.”
A little bit more about Leela: Leela is a native of Long Island, NY and currently attends Lawrence University in good ol’ Appleton, Wisconsin. She enjoys the occasional stretch (maybe even a run!) and sings with a choir at school. The thing she misses most about home is her dog Milou (sorry parents! love ya!) who is a ball of love. She is excited to explore Granada with Rebecca and hopefully return home with lots of good memories and better Español.
ttle bit more about Rebecca: Rebecca hails from New York City (the real NY, as she likes to remind Leela), though she currently attends Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota, which is quite a different pace of life from her hometown. She is a singer and is trying to keep up her piano playing by teaching her 4-yr-old host brother how to play “Chopsticks” on his mini keyboard. She has grand plans to spend her weekends of this semester traveling through Europe, though she thinks it likely that none of these plans will play out. She ***really*** wants to find some good hikes in the Sierra Nevadas, and will consider bringing Leela along if she concedes that she is not from New York.
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