so here we are
it has been a good weekend
la mezquita, the largest & oldest mosque in the world, was beautiful
we also visited an old palace built by Abd-Rahman III
fairytale has it he asked his favourite lady to tell him what she wanted more than anything, & he would give it to her
she asked for snow
well it doesn't snow in Cordoba
so he built her a palace filled with an abundance of almond trees which shed beautiful, tiny,white flowers
snow made of flowers
beautiful
some say the story isn't true
but i believe in it
friday night my roomie & i went with our host family out to dinner to celebrate our host brother/sister 22nd birthday (they're twins)
they're a vibrant and lively bunch & made me feel so welcomed
i loved it
also? i now have a deal with our older host brother to go out & get drunk & then visit a discoteca
he says the only way he's going "gay dancing" is if he's absolutely tossed
oh my
saturday i went to a gypsy market
chaotic vibrance everywhere
i bought a big, beautiful bunch of grapes for $1.50
delicious
& then?
i went with my friend Kristen to meet her conversation partner
he wanted to meet her @ 9:30 at night, rather late for a young girl to be meeting a spanish man for the first time
if there's anything we American girls know it's the buddy system, so i went with her
he was nice
very talkative
we had drinks & tapas & conversation
all lovely
today i went to mass in the largest gothic cathedral in the world
absolutely beautiful
though a bit hard to understand what's going on considering i'm not catholic, or spanish
still, i was lost in the beauty
tonight i go out to dinner with friends at this cute little italian place
all in all, a good weekend
perhaps too many homeward focused thoughts
perhaps too many frustrations at those who just don't understand me
but definitely a new found peace that only comes with midnight strolls along cathedral walls
so here we are
and there it is
i am discovering the beauty
it is harsh
but it is there
"can you hear me calling, out your name
you know that i'm fallin' and i don't know what to say"
-fleetwood mac
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how grateful i am for your fleetwood mac reference. this summer i learned to play "well i've been afraid of changing so i built my life around you. time makes us bolder even children get older i'm getting older to...." landslide. I play it daily. and cyn? thoughts of home are not bad. I, too, experience this everyday. I'm learning that being abroad does not mean I need to disown my entire life before, but rather enhance this moments by sweet memories and harsh painful thoughts and oddities of home. There is a balance that we will both seek now, and together when we return. how grateful i am for you and your words.
I feel that if you do take the older brother up on the "gay dancing" offer, that you must blog about it afterwards, in shockingly hilarious detail. I adore you Cyndi. Love reading more.
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