Hello there I think the last time I blogged was before this
past weekend so I will start with our excursion to Seville and Cordoba! We took
an early bus ride Saturday morning and headed off to Seville. We first went on
a tour of the Cathedral which is the second largest in the world (or something
along those lines) but it was beautiful and we walked up to the top of the
tower of the Cathedral and got to see an awesome view of the city. We then all
went on a tour of the Palace of Seville, which was very interesting to see and
learn about. The gardens at the Palace were gorgeous and we got to take a lot
of pictures there! We got some tapas for lunch (which by the way the food
really has been so good here…A LOT of bread but very yummy). After lunch we met
up with the group of Georgia students who are doing the same program as us
except they are in Seville and played a little soccer game of Cadiz versus
Seville people. Of course the Cadiz team won (and although it is slightly
difficult at times to play soccer with mostly people who have never played
before) we had soo much fun. The professor in charge of the Seville group is
originally from Spain and grew up playing soccer and he played with us too….he
was amazing but he also acted like he was playing in the finals of the euro cup
and let’s just say he was a little too into it and not to happy with the
Seville team when they lost haha. Later that night we all had dinner on the
rooftop of a hotel! It was really neat, we had a beautiful view overlooking the
cathedral and the food was delicious. When I say we ate a ton I literally mean
I could not stand up after we were finished because we had so many tapas. The
next morning we headed on to Cordoba, which is beautiful as well. We went on a
big tour of a Mosque that is now owned by Christians and has been turned into a
Cathedral. The architecture and details of the building were unbelievable and I
am glad we got to see that. After touring around the city most of the day we
made our way back to our home in Cadiz. Our mom did eventually make it back
Monday from her pilgrimage thing she went on. Although we like the aunt who has
been staying with us a little better than our mom, we still really like her and
have been having many more conversations in Spanish. We usually don’t see our
family a ton during the say except during meals and we are all starting to
speak more while we eat. Some of the meals we have been having for example are
potatoes and fish, a bean soup with vegetables, meat and French fries, and
more. We always have fruit for dessert, which is nice also. Anyways, classes
are still going very well. We have midterms next Thursday but that is a little
ways away. We usually do not have a lot of homework but the most helpful thing
is just listening and participating in our classes that are completely in
Spanish. Focusing solely on understanding and learning in Spanish for 3 hours
is sometimes a little tiring but everyone has been having fun in class and it
has also been a way for our group of Georgia students to get closer (since it
us just us in the classes).
This week we went to the beach a few times and also
took a flamenco-dancing lesson yesterday. That was interesting and while we
weren’t necessarily the greatest, it was very fun to learn about. Of course I
will demonstrate some of the steps we learned when I return. We have another
class I think in a couple of weeks so I am sure we will be professionals after
that. Some entertaining things that happened this week… well on Sunday night
Natalie accidently sat on this curtain thing hanging up in our room and kind of
pulled part of the rod out of the wall. We were freaking out and the ceilings
are too high for us to reach so we couldn’t get up there to try and fix it
(which we probably couldn’t have done anyways) so it was kind of funny and we
were laughing at one point because we had no idea what to do and of course
earlier that week I had exploded a 2 liter coke all over the kitchen so we were
a little nervous to tell them that we broke the curtain. Well the best part is
when Natalie went in the next morning to tell the aunt, Natalie started with
“tengo una problema” (I have a problem) and I guess her hands were kind of on
her stomach because she was nervous and the aunt freaked out and thought she
had some big medical problem and was sick.. So it worked out when we told her
it was just the curtain rod and we apologized a trillion times and she was like
oh my gosh do not worry about it at all! So luckily they are getting that fixed
and weren’t too angry with us. Other than that overall everything has been
going great and we are going to Lisbon, Portugal this weekend. We do not have
class on Friday so we are all excited about our long weekend :) I will update
you guys on how that trip goes!! Miss you guys!!
Hello there I think the last time I blogged was before this
past weekend so I will start with our excursion to Seville and Cordoba! We took
an early bus ride Saturday morning and headed off to Seville. We first went on
a tour of the Cathedral which is the second largest in the world (or something
along those lines) but it was beautiful and we walked up to the top of the
tower of the Cathedral and got to see an awesome view of the city. We then all
went on a tour of the Palace of Seville, which was very interesting to see and
learn about. The gardens at the Palace were gorgeous and we got to take a lot
of pictures there! We got some tapas for lunch (which by the way the food
really has been so good here…A LOT of bread but very yummy). After lunch we met
up with the group of Georgia students who are doing the same program as us
except they are in Seville and played a little soccer game of Cadiz versus
Seville people. Of course the Cadiz team won (and although it is slightly
difficult at times to play soccer with mostly people who have never played
before) we had soo much fun. The professor in charge of the Seville group is
originally from Spain and grew up playing soccer and he played with us too….he
was amazing but he also acted like he was playing in the finals of the euro cup
and let’s just say he was a little too into it and not to happy with the
Seville team when they lost haha. Later that night we all had dinner on the
rooftop of a hotel! It was really neat, we had a beautiful view overlooking the
cathedral and the food was delicious. When I say we ate a ton I literally mean
I could not stand up after we were finished because we had so many tapas. The
next morning we headed on to Cordoba, which is beautiful as well. We went on a
big tour of a Mosque that is now owned by Christians and has been turned into a
Cathedral. The architecture and details of the building were unbelievable and I
am glad we got to see that. After touring around the city most of the day we
made our way back to our home in Cadiz. Our mom did eventually make it back
Monday from her pilgrimage thing she went on. Although we like the aunt who has
been staying with us a little better than our mom, we still really like her and
have been having many more conversations in Spanish. We usually don’t see our
family a ton during the say except during meals and we are all starting to
speak more while we eat. Some of the meals we have been having for example are
potatoes and fish, a bean soup with vegetables, meat and French fries, and
more. We always have fruit for dessert, which is nice also. Anyways, classes
are still going very well. We have midterms next Thursday but that is a little
ways away. We usually do not have a lot of homework but the most helpful thing
is just listening and participating in our classes that are completely in
Spanish. Focusing solely on understanding and learning in Spanish for 3 hours
is sometimes a little tiring but everyone has been having fun in class and it
has also been a way for our group of Georgia students to get closer (since it
us just us in the classes). 
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