It's been a while....

So, my wonderful plan of keeping a year abroad blog kind of fell by the wayside during my second placement I guess. Somewhere between finding a place to live in Granada in Spain, visiting the various monuments that the city has to offer, exploring Spain and the small matter of writing my dissertation blogging didn't appear to be too high on my list of priorities! I would say I'm sorry, but seeing as I have all of about 4 followers...:P

All in all, Spain was 10x more stressful than Belgium! Within a few weeks I found that I had become quite attached to Brussels, despite being convinced that I hated it at the time-hindsight is, as they say, a wonderful thing. Although I didn't have any exams to do while I was over there, I had my dissertation on the Spanish press to get on with, a process that consumed pretty much my entire life out there and triggered many a stress migraine. A tip to all who have dissertations to write: Be more prepared than I was! (That means choosing a topic more than 2 days before the deadline, and actually reading and researching your topic previously!).

Despite this, I did get the oppurtunity to explore a little bit and have some fun while I was out there. Although Granada isn't a terribly big city, there are a lot of Moorish buildings and of course, the Alhambra and the Sierra Nevada. I also managed to visit Madrid, which although being a very very VERY boring 5 hour bus ride away has become one of my favourite places in the world, and getting away from the stress of dissertation writing for 3 days really did me the world of good. And that's before I get into the tapas, tea rooms and cheap alcohol...yum :)

So I shall leave you with these words and a pretty picture of the Alhambra, truly one of the most beautiful sights I have ever visited. I may or may not do more posts on my time in Spain, that depends on if anyone wants it :p