Hello! Our first week in Granada has flown by. Last Wednesday, Dr. Teresa Bajo was able to give us a tour or of the lab. It’s a very white, modern space with plenty of natural light and an amazing view. After the tour, we attended our first lab meeting. During the meeting, there was a really interesting presentation about teaching in multilingual learning spaces. The presenter was from Italy and had a lot of experience teaching people in both Italian and Chinese at the same time. I was surprised to hear that there is a town in Italy whose school has a 60% Chinese enrollment!
The next day, we brought our equipment to the lab and got set up in the space they provided for us. Everyone was super friendly, and they were more than happy to help with anything we needed. Today, we were able to run through a portion of our experiment to test if our equipment was still running properly. So far, we have not run into any issues “Knock on wood”. Over the next day or two, we will be setting up our participant recruitment pages on SONA and begin collecting our data.
Granada has been an amazing place to be. Simply by walking around, we ran into multiple landmarks and places to eat. A couple of the highlights were the “Catedral de Granada” and “La Alhambra”. They were both surprising places to find on our walk. For our fancy dish of week, a few of us split “Paella”. This was a flavorful meal with rice, muscles, shrimp and a couple other things. It definitely made my list of favorites. I am looking forward to spending more time exploring Granada and working in the lab!
La Alhambra
Paella
Catedral de Granada
Our Penn State group getting breakfast before Day 1
I am happy to hear that your lab is a space with natural light! We also have a lab with natural light and it makes the room feel more inviting! It is interesting that you can use SONA for your participants. We were originally planning on using SONA, but the university we are at does not really use a credit system. So, instead of SONA we decided to pay young participants.
I have loved being able to try new foods where I am, and it is great to hear that you are enjoying the food in Granda as well! It looks delicious!
Good luck in the coming weeks!
How fun!! I loved Granada when I visited. I agree that la Alhambra was such a beautiful to see. I LOVE paella!! I’m so happy you guys got to try it already! Make sure to eat some churros while you’re there!
Hi Cody! It looks like you’re having a great time in Granada. The landmarks and food look amazing. I hope everything continues just as well, especially as you begin with your research!