Las Cruces

This past weekend was a really cool festival in Granada. It´s called las cruces meaning the crosses. The festival definitely has religious origins but there´s not much religious about it anymore. Every plaza has platforms with a huge decorative cross. some are made out of flowers and some of leaves and they´re surrounded by ornate decorations. In every plaza there´s flamenco music playing and EVERYONE was out in the streets. I saw men in gitano (gypsy)outfits riding on horses through the streets. All the women were wearing gitana dresses. They´re long with ruffles on the bottom, most have large polka dots or bright floral designs. The kids dress up too! I saw so many adorable little girls all dressed up in flamenco dresses with makeup and combs in their hair dancing flamenco in the plazas. They were so cute! I went out in the afternoon with my new group of Spanish friends. We were out bar hopping and flamenco dancing until 2:30 in the morning. And on my walk home, there were still little kids decked out in gitano outfits out with their parents! It was crazy.

And then the next day, the Real Madrid football (soccer) team won their league tournament. that night, every car was honking their horns incessantly. it sounded like new york city traffic. People were yelling and waving flags throughout the city. They take their football pretty seriously.

This afternoon i´m going on another bike ride! and I¨m very excited about it! I´ll try to update more often!! hasta luego!