Thursday night Hannah and I went out to a place called La Fabrica, which is a place that brews their own beer and has taps on the tables. They closed about 30 minutes after we got there, but it was still fun to be there for a little while. Then we went to meet up with the rest of the group and we all ended up dancing at this place called Buddha. Funny enough, mot of the clubs play English music, which the Spaniards try to sing along to but end up mumbling words that aren't real. They love to listen to us sing because we all know all the real words! Overall, it was a good night, and we didn't get back too late.
Friday, since we don't have class, Hannah and I went on a tour of the Macarena (pictures), which is a section of Seville (the northeast part). It is mostly residential, but there are a lot of Churches of very different styles. We got a little lost because we had never been there before, but it was really fun to see everything. It is also nice to go on a tour with just us because we can spend as long or as short an amount of time at the places as we want. I ended up running a little late to my intercambio with my friend Hilary and a 19-year-old Spanish student named Maria who our program director set us up with. We went to have a cup of coffee with her and talked for about an hour. It was great, and really cool that we could talk to her for an hour without any real problems in communication. We wanted her to speak a little bit of English with us, but she was embarrassed because she said her English isn't that good. She spent about a month in San Francisco, but it was a while ago. Eventually we'll get her to speak English with us - we're planning on meeting up with her about once a week for the rest of the semester. The funniest part of meeting up with her was that she suggested that we meet in the morning, which means 1pm in Spain. I love it here.
Saturday we went on a group trip to Cordoba, which is about 2 hours by bus from Seville. When we got there, we walked across the Roman bridge to the city and took about a 2 hour tour of the Mezquita, which is the Mosque that was turned into a Cathedral by the Christians when they conquered Spain. Basically what happened was that the King didn't want them to build over it but accidentally agreed to it when he was preoccupied with fighting a war. What remains is an absolutely gorgeous Mosque with a beautiful Cathedral right into the center. It is pretty cool. After that tour, we went to the only Synagogue in the city, which is tiny, and on a little walk through the Juderia. Then we had some time to ourselves for lunch and a walk around the city. I actually met up with my friend from home, Jen, who is studying in Cordoba for the semester. I had decided to stay with her in Cordoba overnight, so she met up with me as my group was leaving. We had a lot of fun - we played soccer with her friends, went out to a great dinner, and hung out with some of her friends in their apartment. On Sunday, we went to a tiny little Zoo and the Gardens across the street, and then she walked me to the bus station to get back to Seville. I was really happy we got to see each other, and did I mention she lives in a palace?! Her house has 4 floors and there are Roman ruins in the basement. Crazy stuff. There is also a pool on the roof and a fantastic view of the Palace Gardens. Pictures of Cordoba. We also got to go to the Puerta de Sevilla, which I of course had to take a picture of.
Today, after class, Hannah and I went on a little tour of the Centro - basically the Center of the city. We got to see a lot of little things - churches, the city walls, a Cervantes statue and some plaques that point out areas of the city that are mentioned in his books. Pictures of the Centro.
That's it for now I guess. This week and next week Hannah and I are trying to get as much in as possible because we realized that once it is April, we are basically traveling for most of the month and then it is May. It's going by pretty fast.
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