Striking in Barcelona and moving on to Zaragoza

So as you may have seen on the news, many people in Spain took part in a general strike over some labor reforms passed in February. The reforms made it easier for companies to fire their employees and Spaniards are not happy about it. The strike is planned and has happened 3 years in a row, I believe. We enjoyed our stay in the hostel but wanted to see the city and not waste a day. Here are some pictures I took from our day in Barcelona.

Today we made it to Zaragoza and have been enjoying an amazing day here. Kelsey, Ally, Chuck and I just went to a local market, bought some chicken, pasta and vegetables and made a huge pot of stir-fry. We are devouring our lunch while I upload some pictures and the blog post from today in Zaragoza will be coming soon.

Granada

 This was our view from our hostel in the Plaza Nueva of Granada

 When we sat down for drinks and lunch a lady rode by on a donkey. We figured out it was her bachelorette party after a few minutes. Perfectly normal for a spanish woman I guess?

 We then made our way to the Alhambra, which was incredible

 Creepy Kelsey in the hedges

 Some Granada locals practicing for Semana Santa

 This guy on his bike powered the carousel.

We had a great weekend in Granada and then came back to school and started planning our next trip. Ally, Chuck, Kelsey and I are visiting Barcelona and some other cities in northern Spain this weekend and will head back to Sevilla during the middle of Semana Santa (Holy Week). Hopefully the weekend will be relaxing and fun instead of stressful and frustrating because we have run into trouble booking flights, hostels and the like. I have a feeling we'll work everything out and we'll really enjoy ourselves. Then when we get back to Sevilla there will be about 1 million + tourists in the city to see the spectacles and parades for Semana Santa. Hope you enjoyed the pictures of Granada (sorry for the briefness of this post but there is lots of work and planning to be done for our next trip). Adios!