Mercadillo and Misa

Yesterday, we made the treck to the mercadillo, which is this HUGE market that is approximately a 45 minute walk.  Totally worth it though.  There's is EVERYTHING THERE AND IT IS SOOOO CHEAP!
I got two pairs of shoes, one for 5 euro and the other for 7 euro.  I'm literally never shopping anywhere else.  This market is only on saturdays, so we're definitely going to go back EARLY so that we can spend the time to really search for gems.

Last night, we just kinda went out for tapas.  We found 2 really good places that have HUGE tapas for cheap.  I left to go home early after, and I think everyone else went to Granada 10.  Those tinto de veranos really get to me quickly ;)

Today, I went to mass at the catedral.  When I walked outside to go, it was SNOWING in Granada and it was so cold.  I sucked it up and walked there anyway.  Mass was supposedly beginning at 1:00.  I realized then that I'm turning into my dad.  I was running late, and I couldn't find the entrance for the life of me.  I kept asking merchants, accidentally tried to ask a gypsy, and finally I found it at 1:15.  Freaked out, I walked into the church mortified that I was late.  However, this was when i realized that NOTHING in Spain runs on time.  The 12:00 mass was still going on.  So I waited for a little while, sitting in the pew.  The mass ended and then I just kind of sat there for half an hour.  The 1:00 mass started at 1:45.

Mass is...different in Spain.  It lasted 40 minutes, and was so quick.  It seemed a shame that there was no music in the absolutely GORGEOUS cathedral (I bet the acoustics would be phenomenal).  The homily was 5 minutes long, I almost missed the consecration (I didn't realize it was even happening: no one kneels in church, so I quickly kneeled down for all of 10 seconds before it was over.)  I found the mass to be...almost....sacrilegious.  Idk.  I think I was just expecting to feel comforted by something familiar, but it turned out to be foreign to me.

In conclusion...next Sunday, I'm going church hunting :)

TONIGHT: Bears v Packers game at Hannigans or Paddy's.  That's right: even europeans care!