Or, perhaps more accurately, Happy Thursday! Granada might not be Halloweentown, but that can't stop us from celebrating. I guess Day of the Dead is more of a big deal here (it's an official holiday, meaning that if it didn't land on a weekend this year, I would have the day off of classes), but I actually haven't heard anything about it. Stores have been selling Halloween candy and costumes for the last few weeks. My school kind of set up some things for us to celebrate. There was a pumpkin carving contest, a Twilight Zone marathon, and decorations up this week. (I voted for the pumpkin carved with the Batman logo.) Some places are having Halloween themed parties that are mostly geared toward international students. I have heard that it's more common for costumes to be more scary than funny.
I celebrated two days ago by exploring the Cemetery of Granada, and checking out an abandoned hotel on the way home. The first part of the cemetery was older, with mausoleums and fancy graves with statues and things like that. In the newer part, the graves were stacked on top of each other, as if on shelves, rather than spread out in rows in a field.
On Monday I noticed they have starting selling Christmas items (Nativity sets, garland, etc.) in stores, and there are Christmas lights up on the streets (but I haven't seen them on yet).
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| Empty slots in the shelves. THEY ARE WAITING FOR YOU. |
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| This grave wasn't fully sealed. |
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