With Jodi, Gonzalo, and Elsa, I traveled about 30 minutes south of Granada to Fina's house in a small town named Durcal. It was in a valley close to the beautiful snow-topped Sierra Nevadas. The house was full of about twenty people, and it was nice to be able to speak both English and Spanish around the mix of cultures.
It was a feast--we had all the Thanksgiving dishes and TWO huge turkeys, which surprised me since I had been told that turkeys are a rare staple here. Two American girls who are Spanish assistants at a school in Granada helped me in attempting to make a form of Glögg.. It turned out quite well, although we laughed when the Spaniards questioned us how heating up wine with spices could be good!
Dessert time couldn't have been better...eating home-made brownies and pumpkin pie while learning all about Spanish history from my smart teammates in Trivial Pursuit!!
