Jen and I did get to partake in "La Feria" in Granada, however. This is basically like Brown County Fair, except times about a million, it's so cool! Hundreds of restaurants set up on the grounds for the week, and all the people dress in their flamenco/traditional Spanish get-up while riding on horses through various parades. AND they have an entire section for rides! So Jen and I took the afternoon to walk, eat, and drink our way through the grounds, just to get a feel for what it was all about. It was really cool to see all of the different extravagant dresses and allllll of the horses! Now, what would a county fair be without going on one of the rides?! We took a chance on "The Inverter" where we were spun, flipped, jerked, and tossed back and forth in the air! Imagine two 21 year-olds yelling their lungs out, not knowing whether to laugh or cry, hahah!! It was definitely one of the highlights of the day.
The day of June 25th marked an important day in the Berdan family as well. Not only was it Ron's birthday, but it was my parents 28th Anniversary!! Yes, folks they have been together for more than a quarter of a century and I don't think I know of any other two people more in love. CONGRATS!
We also had our final visitors come to see us as well. Jen's brother, John, and a fellow UWL Athletic Trainer (I should say, former and certified!) Megan Lee graced us with their presence that last week and a half! We did the standard tapa tour and showed them around the city as much as we could in between working at our internships. As always, it was so good to see familiar faces from home!
While this isn't exactly something exciting to blog about, it was quite the experience. This past Sunday night/Monday I got really sick and ended up having to go to the emergency room. I was sick all through Sunday night and finally told Karrie that I think I need to go to the hospital because it wasn't getting better. She called a cab and I think we arrived in record time (this probably had something to do with the fact that the taxi driver was getting squirmy over my throwing up in a Zip-loc in the back seat). After a bit of waiting, me trying to crack jokes and be sarcastic to take my mind off being sick, and answering a ton of health questions in Spanish, they told me I was severely dehydrated. I ended up getting a IV drip along with some medicine for my nausea and after 5 hours of dozing on and off, they let me go back home. Even after blood work, they don't know what else caused me to get so sick. At least, I'm better now and I still have all of my teeth (those of you that are aware of my Scotland fiasco should be laughing right now).
As I wrap this blog up, I realize that I only have 2 weeks left in Granada. What?! 2 weeks?! Where did the time go?! It's hard to believe that my time is almost up here in this great country, but I'm going to make the most of my remaining time here!
Love to all of you!
Granada WON and are going to the Big Leagues with Madrid and Barcelona!!
La Feria
Rides at La Feria!
Eloisa, Alberto, Me, Yolanda, and Mariano from my first rotation of my internship!
