Tuesday was Labor Day, so we had the day off from classes. I originally had wanted to go to the beach, but because of massive amounts of rain, instead I hung out at home, hung out with friends, and got some homework done. Thursday was the festival of Las Cruces (the crosses) and there were tons of crosses, decorated with flowers, scenery, and more flowers all over the city. I spent most of the afternoon at my host sister's school, Colegio Virgen de la Gracia, where they were having a sort of party. My host mom had done a lot of decorating for the cross, including painting the entire backdrop (which looked like one of the patios of the Alhambra) by herself. Sadly, I forgot my camera and didn't get a picture. There was lots of food and people having fun. I'm fairly certain at least 2 children under the age of 14 were drinking beer.
My favorite part of the festival is that most of the girls (kids) and some of the boys dress up in flamenca, or sevillanas. It's basically adorable and made me want to buy a million of the dresses.
The coolest thing, though, was the fact that men were riding horses down the streets of Granada. Two of them actually had women sitting side-saddle (style, they were actually behind the saddle) on the back of their horses, in their fancy, tight dresses. Props to those ladies... they are the bravest or craziest women I've ever seen
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