fall has come

here's a quick one considering i have yet to truly make headway on my psych homework. goodness, over a month in and i finally figured out how some of the assignments and reading work--there is some satisfaction with this revelation, but for a while, ignorance was bliss.
after living in granada, population pushing 900,000, i've come to understand the ups and down of living in a small city. while i love the constant activity, underground concerts, diverse eating spots, and opportunities to get lost in movie set-ish ally ways, sometimes i need out.

hence, kristen and i decided to ditch the city for the day and head to Ronda, a cool little white village a couple hours train ride away. it is a well known fact among my fam that fall is my favorite season, so when we arrived to a beautiful view over the reds, yellows, greens, and oranges of the countryside i was in heaven. the cool fall breeze kept us walking and exploring for hours, getting lost in the colors of fall and the quaintness that is Ronda. and yes, this picture is real and it actually looks like this--the sun came out at the perfect time.

here is our eating lunch spot overlooking the spanish countryside and little white town. mind you we are sitting on the walls of an moorish castle. times like these are priceless and are what make life that much sweeter.

just happiness...overlooking everything, feeling the fresh air kiss my cheeks. life is good.


one last Ronda pic
so, halloween in spain must be explained a tad bit. the image of this tasty and fairly comical holiday of wandering the streets in varying costume extremes and overdosing on sugar does not exist. spaniards are still in the scary halloween mode where everyone is dressed in something related to death and are literally SCARY. walking around on halloween night was a tad frightening. the truth is, halloween was more a day about mourning the dead until a couple years back when globalization did its work on this holiday. therefore, spain is still figuring out how to "celebrate" and take advantage of the comical costume and candy consumption perks. i decided to stick to the classics and break out my pumpkin carving skills, while brainstorming epic costume ideas for next year.
sorry for the overload of pics and lack of commentary...i'll try and get another blurb in this week. sending lots of fall lovin' to all corners of the world!