By Saturday, sunlight broke through, and people returned to enjoying their tapas outside.
Compared to back home in Washington, Granada doesn't have a lot of wildlife. You won't see deer crossing the street or many squirrels running around, here. The city is so urban that many animals are pushed to the outskirts. Besides the little birds that chirp on my way to my early morning classes, the only animals I see are dogs owned by people. The most common dog breeds here are: Greyhounds (typically the Spanish breed), Beagles, Shih tzus, Chihuahuas and Dachshunds. Occasionally you will see the bigger dogs like Golden Retrievers or Labradors, but there are fewer of these animals, since larger dogs are hard to keep in apartments.
Last weekend I went to Alpujarra, a region in the mountains of Andalucia that holds several small pueblos (towns). My study-abroad program gathered us together on a bus and brought us to several amazing places including a secadoro de jamones, which is the place where they dry out the pig's legs to be cut into jamon (prosciutto, in America) and other hams. Since it was raining and snowing while we were in the mountains, a lot of our activities were cut short, but during the moments of stillness, I went on walks in the mountains by myself. There, I saw a herd of sheep being guided by their shepherd to graze in a different part of the field.
