Snow!

Hiking with the Neighbors

Beautiful Sandstone Quarry

The Joshua tree in my backyard

Huge flakes!

Last Thursday we got about 1.5 in of snow at my house (which was gone by Friday morning) and much much more in the mountains. As you can see, winter in the desert is beautiful! Saturday I took a trip out to Red Rock with some neighbors and went for a hike - i miss playing in the snow sometimes! I think the difference is that here it is snowy and SUNNY instead of gray.

Spain!

Flowers outside the Castle of Alcazaba

Part of the Alcazaba or Fortress that used to protect the city

View of Malaga's port and a cool government building from the Alcazaba

I just returned from a trip to Spain with Adam for my holiday break. We met up with Ian and his girlfriend Eleftheria part way through the trip which was a great bonus. Adam and I spent the first week doing the tourist thing where we checked out the cities of Malaga and Granada, both of which are in Southern Spain. These areas are part of what is called the "Costa del Sol" which is very ironic because it rained 99% of the time we were there. The trip was quite an adventure, mostly because travel in Spain is quite difficult over the holidays because most public transportation is limited or nonexistant not only on christmas and new years, but also for a day before and after the holiday. I'll post more pictures soon.