reflections on spain

ok, so i've only been there for 3/4 days...and only to one city in the south...not very qualified to comment?? How do you get qualified to comment??? Here's what i've got to say:

• Granada looks a lot like towns in Italy with its mix of old and new; hazy heat and lazy progress; history which reaches back thunderously while time creeps forward with a juicy lethargy which bewitches and transports you
• The Spanish are an attractive people: classic southern European looks of dark hair and skin and lean men and women...but i noticed some natural blondes and light eyes
• While Granada may be famous for its tapas, food in general is not as central, it would seem, as in Italy
• Being a vegetarian in Spain leaves you with the following options: cerveza, queso, ensalada...
• Breakfast was my favourite thing: the tostada (a long roll, cut lengthwise and then toasted over which you drizzle olive oil or tomato pulp and salt) was a new addition and truly divine...so simple yet so satisfying
• Along with the shift in emphasis away from food, coffee is not a focus...often too long and weak, reminded me of home!

Spain has something magnetic about it...or is it just that i want to be somewhere else, somewhere exotic, somewhere different...or that I want to be something else, something exotic, something different...