I'm not good at coming up with creative titles for these posts! But, it's day 2 in Seville, and I literally can't believe how much there is to this city. I think I could be here for 4 months and be entertained by something new almost every day!
Later on yesterday we did some more exploring and found a completely different side of Seville. I will admit that having only seen the part with really small streets and graffiti everywhere I was almost slightly disappointed because I thought I had made it out to be better in my head and I was wondering if I would like spending this much time in this city. However, after finding this new area I couldn't be happier and more excited! The other side of Seville is more spacious, it's got tons of fountains and statues and amazingly old and gorgeous buildings! It's so entertaining to just sit and look around.
Last night we ate at an italian restaurant for lunch and I had pizza, it was pretty good and we got to eat outside on the square. It's been about 50-60's depending on the sun, which is a nice break from Wisconsin weather. (Side note: To all of you in WI reading this blog, have fun with the snow hahahahahahaha suckers) We came back to the hostel for a little while and ended up sleeping for a couple hours because jet lag got the best of us. Then we all woke up hungry at about 10 pm and went to eat "bocadillos" or sandwiches and 1 euro beers/sangria. I discovered that ham here is much different than ham in the U.S. and I'm not sure I like it...but overall it was good and we ended up coming back to the hostel and going to bed.
Today we woke up too late for complimentary breakfast at our hostel...which is kind of a joke as it consists of stale bread to toast and stale cereal. So we went out and I had "pincha de tortilla" and I guess that's also considered "tortilla espanola" which I HIGHLY recommend, it was delicious! It was a sort of egg and potato baked kind of dish. I also recommend not having your first day in Seville be a Sunday because today everything was open and much more lively, with tons of people in the streets!
This morning we made it our goal to find the river, which we did and it's GORGEOUS! We all picked out houses that we decided should probably be our homestays, all of course overlooking the river. What do you think the likelihood of that is?? Alright, probably not super high. Kevin left to start his orientation today and so it's down to just Britt and I! We spent our afternoon reading on a patio at a cafe, and then getting "helado" or ice cream. It was delicioso! We're hoping to hit up the town tonight, although I'm still pretty tired.
I'm a little disappointed that so many people here can speak English because a lot of times the waiters/waitresses will approach us automatically in English, but I'm here to improve my Spanish. I think the blonde hair just automatically tips them off to the "foreigner" status, although I'm sure my mannerisms do as well.
That's all for now, hope you're all doing well in the States!
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