This is the second entry Kate sent us as she has been reviewing her own personal blog and reflecting on her experiences in Granada.
These are a few things that I wish I knew before coming here a few things i wish people told me before coming to Spain....
They don't use the letter “S”, like ever. Start deleting it off the end of all your words. They even randomly delete it in the middle of a word. Start practicing..it’s hard to do
adios becomes adio
gracias becomes gracia
hasta luego becomes hata luego
mas o menos becomes ma o meno
You would think after being here for over a month it’s something you get used to but its not.
Learn vosotros. Like seriously learn it and know it like the back of your hand. Everyone says it’s not important or that they never use it but that’s a lie. It’s always used. Teachers use it every day, families use it, people in the streets use it. It’s used often
Bring comfortable shoes..and I don’t mean like oh these are kinda comfortable. I mean like the most comfortable shoes you can find. All of the streets are made out of rocks and if you walk on them enough they will break through your brand new Nikes.
Bring a random costume. You never know when you'll need it.
Bring more money than you think you need. Seriously. Bring twice the amount you planned on bringing and bring three times the amount Abroadco tells you to bring. It goes by FAST.
Start learning random sounds because Granada is like known for the random sounds people make. In the streets, in class, during dinner...they make weird noises.
Get used to eating one piece of toast for breakfast with some cola cao. Lunch at about 2. And then no food again til 9 (or later) dinner. It’s a different schedule but after being her a while you kinda get used to it.
For breakfast all you will find is chocolate, chocolate and more chocolate. But when they ask you if you want dessert after lunch it’s always fruit.
Stop eating any type of sauce now. They don't have it here. Only ketchup, mustard and mayonnaise.
Bring little travel packets of crystal light and ice tea. They drink water with everything and nothing else. Only water. The juice is super super thick here and they don’t really have any normal types of juices here.