Establishing a routine

What I am seeing in Granada is that this has killed tourism and without tourists business are closing, will likely go bankrupt and it is putting everyone out of work. The streets are too dangerous to be out on after dark which is 6:30PM. From what I understand the threat is petty thief’s which is common during periods of low economy. To my benefit prices are very low because of everything so I have checked into a fairly nice hotel.

 The Spanish school that I am studying with is associated with the hotel so the teacher comes here every day. We work in the common area of the hotel.

We have the occasional visitor.

I have made a few new friends at the hotel bar.

These guys keep us company at the pool.

And enjoyed some time at the spa with Fatima.

 I also joined a gym and hired a trainer that works with me almost every day. Without the activity it was hard to get to sleep at night. 

This tortuga is the mascot at the gym.

The gym is only a block away from my friends house so I often visit with them when I’m done. We have an early dinner at whatever restaurant is open so that we can support the businesses that have stayed open. 

Then by 6ish I’m back at the hotel studying. 




Life is pretty normal on the day to day but what I am noticing is that stores and businesses are running out of supplies because the protesters are not letting trucks through. I have also been speaking with some new friends and they are worried that flights might end up getting cancelled or that we won’t be able to get back through the barricades to get to the airport. I did hear from one friend that she made it through safely and she passed along the name of her driver. I guess that by staying I’m just taking my chances that things will either improve or at worst stay the same in the next two weeks.