{"id":176,"date":"2016-04-16T17:45:27","date_gmt":"2016-04-17T00:45:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pxl8.es\/?p=176"},"modified":"2017-05-19T20:47:43","modified_gmt":"2017-05-20T03:47:43","slug":"adventure-even-in-the-mundane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pxl8.es\/index.php\/2016\/04\/16\/adventure-even-in-the-mundane\/","title":{"rendered":"Adventure Even in the Mundane"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today I moved out of the homestay and into a private apartment in the Albaic\u00edn neighborhood of Granada. I’m a stone’s throw away from the San Miguel Alto view point, which has spectacular views of the city and mountains.<\/p>\n

The move from the homestay where 2 meals per day were cooked for me to a private apartment where I have to feed myself meant my first real grocery shopping trip in Spain.\u00a0Fortunately, my new landlady offered to drive me to a supermarket to kick start things.<\/p>\n

Spanish supermarkets are substantially similar to American supermarkets, but things are arranged differently, and some commodities come in forms that are less common in the US (e.g. unrefrigerated milk in a tetrapak). One of the differences I found particular interesting is that you weigh your own produce and print out a sticker with its price before you go to the cashier.<\/p>\n

\"buying<\/p>\n

The parking garage under the supermarket was also\u00a0a surprise – the parking stalls have little green\/red lights so you can easily tell which stalls are taken and which are not.<\/p>\n

\"Red<\/p>\n

Sometimes, when traveling, even the most mundane things become little adventures \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

My apartment is a one bedroom ground floor (i.e.\u00a0no view) apartment in a small complex with a terrace and a swimming pool (not open yet). My apartment backs onto a tennis court and a section of the old town wall. I get quite a lot of natural light and fresh air. As I’m writing this, I’m sitting in the main room with the windows open listening to the birds chirping outside; it’s very peaceful.<\/p>\n

\"View<\/a>
View from just outside the door of my\u00a0apartment building.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Outer<\/a>
Outer doorway to the apartments. Impressive, no?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Bedroom<\/a>
Cute little bedroom with the windows open for fresh air<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Apartments<\/a>
Apartments in Albaic\u00edn as seen from the road.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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