Before we met our families, we had a scavenger hunt around Seville. There were five places we had to find. The post office here seemed much more intense (third point on our map). We also had to go to the Torre de Oro (on the river and GORGEOUS scenery here), la catedral (muy famoso), la fabrica (the oldest university building in Seville), the town hall, and an area of the city where all of the shops are. The tour was helpful because up until this point we had no idea that so much of the city even existed. We are in the neighborhood of Nervion, which is more east than everything else. Once you get more in the downtown area, the shops are so cute and look more like your typical european streets. By the way the little streets are litterally big enough to fit a car far in yet somehow the europeans manage. Later on Friday we met with our guide groups to go get tapas and then later in the evening we do what Spaniards call ´Botellon´ where you hang out in the plaza until the discotecas open. Pretty much all of our CIEE program went out that night and went to our first discoteca!! Lots of dancing!
During the days leading up to our homestay we´ve had meetings and appointments to help get us situated with living in a foreign country. We´ve done a lot of tapas for dinner which is basically ordering a bunch of different smaller dinner plates and sharing them with friends and getting to try a lot all at once. Also we went to a flamenco show Thursday night. It was pretty interesting..one guy sang, one played the guitar, and then there was one woman dancing. I wish I could flamenco! It looked pretty intense...apparently during Feria de Abril Flamenco is everywhere.
Also, I need to comment on the food-apartment we are in. We each have our own room (and are very thankful for that) and our ´parents´are an older couple who have grandkids around the ages between 5 and 9. They come over a lot, and its fun to here them speak in Spanish and see what they like to do. The two girls are learning english in school and like Hannah Montana.. ..I asked them if they knew party in the usa. Off course they did : ) Also the one girl apparently likes ABBA. The food that the mom makes is sooo yummy. Our first meal consisted of spaghetti with ham and egg in it, little hamburger patties with this meaty salsa (no buns though), and some white rice. Then our mom made homemade coffee ice cream. Our next big meal was a pizza like dish but the dough was similar to a croissant in the United states and there were large thin pieces of ham spread on top. As for dessert we had homemade chocolate mousse. This has by far been my favorite food since being here, and its the BEST chocolate mousse ever. SOOO good. Hahaha apprently i like the food in Spain....
I am trying to think of random things I think of that I can't post while I'm at home sin Internet!
1. there is a bike path that runs all around the city and you can rent bikes to go from place to place really cheap..which i like
2. my window shutters look like they are made for a bombshell because they close from the outside and are made of metal (ish?) material.
3. We eat really late here..which can get hard for me at times. We sat down to dinner last night at 10pm
4. There are wild or loose cats everwhere
5. There are only small dogs here...not sure why but its the thing to have and they are never on leashes
6. They do everything in army time. I still have to sit about what time it is when its 17:00
7. Obsessive PDA is apparently socially acceptable.
8. We walk EVERYWHERE. Its not like IU where your farthest walk is 20 minutes (for me at least). One of my classes is at least 35 minutes, so im getting a good work out everyother day from just that.
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