Alright! For the next semester I will be travelling around Europe doing a study abroad program in comparative women's and gender studies. There are 16 students, one TA, and our program director and I will meet the other students tomorrow as they all start to arrive. The program starts in Granada at a two week summer school program for European graduate students. We are sort of auxiliary students to the program as we are the only undergrads and don't have to write the big final paper. From Granada we move on to Krakow, Poland; Prague, Czech Republic; Berlin, Germany; Utrecht and Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Istanbul, Turkey; and back to Utrecht for our final presentations on our independent research projects. Here is the program website for anyone who is interested in more details.
At the moment, I am in the lobby of a hostel in Granada. I spent the last two days in Madrid with a friend who lived there for a year and were therefor an excellent tour guide. Madrid was really enjoyable and I feel like I saw as much of the city as I possibly could have in just two days and the pain in my feet and calves is a pretty good confirmation of the large amount of walking that made it happen. The city was really accessible--the metro system is excellent (the second largest in Europe after London and also exceptionally clean) and the interesting parts of the city are surprisingly close together. The people were not intimidating like those in the only other European capital I've visited, Paris. It was definitely nice to be in a European city and not stick out too much.
My computer is losing battery and I am just about ready for dinner, so it is time to wander the streets of Granada. More to come!
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