is it possible to take a vacation from a vacation?

well tomorrow i am off to Granada and i'm pretty excited because i didn't know if i would make it! i'm sure you've heard on the news what's been happening over here but i'm going to write about it anyway so i can remember later...

okay so there's this volcano in Iceland that just erupted for the first time in the past 200+ years. the ash is pretty much everywhere around Europe. i've even seen it on our beach. it's even making me come down with a cold :(

but all the airports have basically shut down. they said it's worse than the 9/11 attacks in the US. it's been over a week and the airports are just starting to get going again. England and Germany were really bad, with people literally sleeping on cots in the airport. hotels tripled their prices the day it happened. and cruise lines are full now! it's madness. tons of kids from school were stuck in frankfurt or amsterdam or milan because of it, and our classes were so empty.

but anyway, Granada is not too far and it is full on go time so we are ready to go! well, in my mind i am, i still have to pack though. BUT the good thing is the weather is perfect so i will be able to pack light! it's not near a beach but we are bringing our bathing suits anyway and maybe we'll just lay out in a park or something ;) (i'm going with Diana by the way)

i'm pretty excited because Granada is known for it's "younger crowd" and tons of study abroad kids go there too. there should be a lot to do there. plus i think on saturday night we're going to try and catch a flamenco show. i mean, come on, a legit real life flamenco dance show in Spain? how awesome. and there's a world-famous club there that Diana wants to go to, so we probably will but i really don't care and have no idea why it's so good.

the weather here is finally perfect! i've been to the beach this week and it was so nice i couldn't believe it. it's been too long! but i think the warm and sun is here to stay. it's almost may!!!

i also booked my flight to Prague. June 10-15. it was super cheap, like 60 euros. Marta is verrry excited to have me and already has things planned to take me too! after that i will probably be broke as a joke so i don't think i will be taking any more trips. but i'm not gonna lie, i've just been looking at flights now, and Italy has some very very low prices in June also......................... i'll get back to you on that.