the cathedral

(it was HUGE!)

Day 7:

So Seville is absolutely AMAZING! I am def going to be coming back, it is just such a beautiful place. We went out last night to these bars on this one road over looking this river and then to this club called Buddha! It was SO much fun! Not only were ALL my friends there, there was this crazy dance floor and it was the first time we actually interacted with the Spaniards and all were dancing the whole night long. I have been working on my Spanish, so it is kind of hard to talk to people sometimes. but i def bonded with a new friend over lady gaga. cause that is all i could really say. good times... haha

The next morning I was a crabby patty because of my lack of sleep and I was miserable but trying my best to wake up. We all went to the Cathedral and it was enormous but so interesting! We climbed this tower (about 35 floors) and saw the most spectacular views from it. The statues to the art work in it was unbelievable I just always keep asking myself, How do they do it? I blows my mind every time.

We all then walked to this park which was also AMAZING, with all these different kinds of trees and art work and playgrounds, I was on the swings and met this family from Arizona and was talking to them for a bit. It is always a nice feeling to meet Americans when you are away. I then forced my friends to go get some food, because I was in such a bad mood. But everyone was hungry so we went to this really nice tapas place. On our way there we were walking down one of those tiny roads when one of my friends stops and looks around smelling. She is yelling guys come back here and smell this. We are like wow it smells strongly of weed. We all of a sudden here someone going “Aqui!” and we all look up at the balcony behind us to see this young Spanish man smoking a blunt! We were dying of laughter.

We get to the restaurant and it is SO good! By far the best food I have eaten yet. Our waiter was kind of a dick (with white bleached hair) but we got over it. I got two tapas, ½ an avocado stuffed with prawns and this like thousand island sauce on it. It was Amazing I didn’t want it to end. I also got this smoked salmon over garlic potatoes with this cheese on it. It was also amazing! We sat in the square where the cathedral is after lunch just people watching.

Our whole trip my friends and I have be infatuated with how gorgeous the children are in this country and there are SOO many of them everywhere! Not only are the adorable but they are always dressed so well and are always smiling. We also always see the fathers are so active in the families and raising the children. It is a lot different than American families in ways, it is so interesting.

I then went back to the hotel and slept for about 4 hours, went to dinner and then got ready to go out again. We went to the same strip of bars and then to this club cathedral, it was a ton of fun and we were so hot from all the dancing. It was one of my friends 21^st birthday so we were celebrating and just had a ton of fun with each other!

Day 8:

Once again we packed our bag and got on the road to Granada (our last stop for 3 days). I slept for about 3 hours on the bus and feel great! It was our first rainy day and we could have picked a better day for it to rain! We are just going to be on a bus and doing readings and lectures! We really have nothing to do, but we do get free internet J so my family should expect more calls later!! I have really been bonding with everyone on the trip, the boys are very nice and so are the girls (well most of them, there are select few I could live without) but overall we are all getting along. I am rooming with 3 other girls here (Jordan, Kendall, and Jacqueline) which is perfect because we are together all the time anyways (and we ovi got the one and only quad). We are going to explore the city and I will let you know how it goes!

Granada!