Graffiti

          As of today I have been in Granada for one week! It hasn't seemed like that long but then it's also seemed like much longer. Every day here I am not only learning so much more of the Spanish language, but also of the culture.  I'm going to start adding fun cultural differences and facts. 
        To start, #1: They have graffiti everywhere here. It covers walls along main streets, in the back alleyways, and on business fronts. My new art hobby is sketching Granada’s graffiti. Your first thought might be, “Wow, that sounds a little bit sketch (no pun intended :) ) or rather trashy, you should get a new hobby or rather eliminate one…” as mine was, but their graffiti here is not like ours in America. They seem to simply see the city walls as big, normal canvases, and thus they create tapestries. They paint faces and landscapes and scenes. Though it is still illegal, some shop keepers pay the artists to do their store fronts. They don’t graffiti to vandalize but to create, pretty awesome.

I went to church this morning for the first time in Spain. The people were all really friendly; there was maybe 25 people. When the pastor went to the front he began by saying,   "This is our new guest, " he pointed to me, " and what's your name?" he asked in front of the whole church. My face turned real red real quick. I didn't understand much of the service but it was refreshing and wonderful to sing praises to God with people who love Him, especially when it seems that it is very uncommon here to be religious let alone be radically in love with Jesus. At the end of the service the pastor came over and asked if I played any instruments or sang. I chuckled, I said no immediately, not wanting him to introduce me to the praise band the first day to sing in a language I don't know nor can pronounce well. They welcome you quickly here.