Granada Hoy

So I made my Spanish newspaper debut today, appearing in two photos with a group of friends at a local bar (OK, not a local bar - actually, an Irish pub, which are the only places that were willing to take in thousands of students last evening and put on CNN) where we watched the elections. I feel like I'm probably better informed about the election here than if I were still in the US, and today's paper demonstrated that. Not only were there the standard international articles about Obama, but Granada Hoy (Granada's local paper) wrote their own articles about US citizens living here and how they saw the elections. I simply provided the eye candy. It's really a strange day, reading about the huge crowds in Chicago and New York, reading people's comments online about how overjoyed they are, and seeing the European/Spanish reaction, which couldn't be more positive. Obama represents much, much more than just a president to many people - it's wonderful that an African American man is becoming president, and I think our country was long overdue for some change. The realist in me keeps me grounded, though, and I wonder if this overwhelmingly emotional reaction isn't indicative of some unrealistic hopes that people are pinning on just one man.

That's it, no more politics.

Not much has been going on here: normal classes, and gearing up for midterms. I'm headed to Barcelona this weekend to visit a friend from the city, and the weekend after that, I'm flying to Edinburgh. Airline flights costing only marginally more than a bus ticket are the best thing ever to happen to travel. I'll keep you posted.