OMG! So much has happened since Barcelona! Lets see: Semana Santa, Ibiza, Isla Christina, Futbol games, Cordoba, Granada and so much more! I don't even know where to start. So I will just pick a spot and go...
Ok, well all my weeks are starting to merge together and I hate that I have not blogged when it is fresh on my mind. Welp, I have had some great weeks here in Sevilla. Going out with my espanola amigas is definitely one of the highlights. I have already mentioned how much I love my intercambio, Almudena, and all of her friends. Just last Monday Rachel and I went to her apartment for dinner. It was so fun. Me, Rachel, Almudena, Rebeka, Lurdes, Rosa, Nasa, and few other friends who came in and out. We all hung out in there cute little apartment while Almudena cooked Paella with shrimp, Mmmmmm, so good! We sat around the smallest little table and ate, drank wine, laughed, and had a grand ole spanish time :) I love having local friends here. I mean don't get me wrong I love my American passe too, but it is just nice to have spanish friends, especially when we all get along so well. In fact, tonight I ran to Plaza Espana to meet up with everyone mentioned above, minus Lurdes and Rachel, for ejercicio! It was really fun actually. First of all Plaza Espana is just gorgeous to begin with, and secondly we had our own little pilates style class in one of the gardens. They kept calling me there trainer, which I am in no shape right now to be called that (ahhhhh, Mamma Rita's comida!) but I sure did kick there little spanish butt, I tell you what. They'll be sore tomorrow, y yo tambien.
Rachel and I also went out with Lurdes two weeks ago to "Bottellon". Basically all the spaniards drink by the river before dinner on the weekends, it's like a big get together. You pretty much need to have spanish friends to really get the experience, and we did! Had a few beers, met about 10 new people, went home for dinner, then went out again later. Chilling with mi espanolas, speaking spanish and feeling all cool, haha, it was fun! We went dancing till late in the night and then got up the next day and got ready for Ibiza!
Ibiza this time of year, off season, is pretty low key but we still had fun and mainly because of Julia and Taylor. We met them on the bus to our hostel. Turns out they both study in Sevilla and we were inseparable the whole trip. They are awesome, funny, fun, and absolutely gorgeous girls! We all clicked right away. Had some drinks for a low key first night and chatted it up getting to know each other, real nice time. Next day, hit up a little beach to soak up the sun. The weather the first two days were really nice for laying out, the last two where raining, but we didn't let that get us down! Actually, the second day as we were walking to the beach, Taylor some some guys unloading two jet skies, so she decided we should make our way over. I agreed and followed. So, as we are awkwardly standing pretty close and watching them, I hate awkward, So I say "Hola!". They of course reply, and long story short we all got to get a little spin around the ocean. I know, I know, not the safest thing to do, but it was fun and we all knew how to swim ;) We also found, and pretty much became regulars, at a Cafe called Ritas, it was sooooooooo delicious! Guess Rita's food is good everywhere (Mamma Rita) Anyway we went everyday and sometimes twice a day. We sat for hours just talking and loving the beautiful view of the ocean. As for our nights in Ibiza, we made our way to a little local bar and made plenty of friends! In fact, one of our friends, turns out likes some besitos from a man 30 to 35 years older! Haha, it was the funniest thing! We quickly stopped them from kissing, as she was way to good looking for him and it was just weird, but a good story. Ahhhh beer goggles, no bueno. Taylor also scored a free "Ibiza Space Club" shirt from the bartender, the shirt he was wearing actually, way to go Tay Tay! Overall, it was a really good time and I am so glad I know Taylor and Julia now. Since we all live in Sevilla we knew we had to meet up, and we did.
Last Thursday we went to the Sevilla Futbol game. It was so fun and must do while in Spain. Futbol is huge, huge, huge here! We had a blast and Sevilla won! The sisters, Laura and Becca came too. Afterwards, Rachel, Julia and I went out to meet Taylor and her boyfriend Barry for drinks. We ended up having a late night, but it was real fun. We met some cool people and enjoyed the night life here in this amazing city that I have fallen in love with. The next morning sure came early, as Rachel and I had not packed for our Cordoba and Granada trip that we had to get up at 7:30 to be ready in time to catch our bus. A bit brutal but esta bien. The bus trip wasn't too bad and our first destination was Beautiful! We stopped in Cordoba, which reminded me a lot of Toledo. We visited the Mosque Cathedral that used to be Islamic and is famous for it's Moorish architecture. (totally had to look that up, my bad) But, it really was cool to see and very beautiful. After we had lunch and then headed to Granada. Granada is seriously so pretty, anywhere you look, it is beautiful. The first night we walked up to see the few over the city, amazing. Afterwards we saw a flamenco show, up close and personal. I loved every second of it. I didn't realize how similar flamenco is to tap dancing. I recognized the steps and being so close, it literally is tap dancing in the feet, the body is completely different. Much more serious, straight, and sexy. Man, the guy was so intense, his face never lost its focus. Me gusta mucho! Later, we went out for a Kebob, which was soooo freaking good, but then made me sick later. It sucked, pretty sure I got food poisoning. No more kebobs para mi. The great thing about Granada is how they do Tapas. Soooooo cheap! We found one in particular that we ate at 4 times. A chinese one, that served a good plate of your choice of Tapa and any drink for 2 euro! And OMGosh, the noodles were bomb! So healthy, I know, but so cheap and good! Saturday we went to The Alhambra. A huge palace with many gardens, a view overlooking Granada and so much architecture. I am not big on museums and much prefer a visit to a place like this. You can walk around outside, imagine what it would be like to live way back when, its just so cool! The only bad part was the weather. It was raining the whole time! So me and my passe bought umbrella hats and they came in to be quite handy and made for good pictures :)
We shopped around a little after, got our chinese Tapa, took a nap, and got ready for the night. It turned out to be a really fun night. Had some drinks in the room and went out for dancing, and yes, had chinese again! So good!
Ahhh, before I go I forgot to mention Isla Christina . A family vacation at the end of Semana Santa was so nice and made Rachel and I feel special to be invited. After Ibiza we stayed in Sevilla for a few nights so we could experience Semana Santa. We saw three processions. The city is very packed you can barely move, but the processions are beautiful. Everyone goes silent as the huge statues of Jesus and the Virgin Mary pass through, surrounded by the members of that church, dressed in what looks like a KKK costume, but totally has no relation, of course, carrying candles. It was definitely something to see and I am glad we got to experience how huge Holy Week is in Spain. We left to Isla Christina with Marcos on Friday. We finally got to meet Marta! She is awesome, funny, and beautiful, I mean she is a model, so that one was a given. The best part of the weekend was going to the a little beach bar to listen to a friend of Marcos's band. It was Reggae and I really liked it. It was just nice to hang out, relax in the sun, and have some beers with them. Rita and Juan didn't go, but all us youngn's did. :) There was a little family drama at lunch, haha, whats a family vaca without a little drama? It wasn't even bad, little Juanito stepped in the hot stew and the whole table went a little nuts. Only because we were all around a small table in a small room, so when Juanito jumped, everyone went to help him and got tangled up in each other. A little yelling, scrambling around, all while Rachel and I sat awkwardly watching. We thought Mamma Rita was going to have a heart attack! Ahhhh, well we all laughed about it later, but it was an ordeal at the time. It actually made me miss my family, I love family vacations or reunions, and even though I was so happy to be with my spanish fam, I still miss my family back home. :)
Last Thursday we went to the Sevilla Futbol game. It was so fun and must do while in Spain. Futbol is huge, huge, huge here! We had a blast and Sevilla won! The sisters, Laura and Becca came too. Afterwards, Rachel, Julia and I went out to meet Taylor and her boyfriend Barry for drinks. We ended up having a late night, but it was real fun. We met some cool people and enjoyed the night life here in this amazing city that I have fallen in love with. The next morning sure came early, as Rachel and I had not packed for our Cordoba and Granada trip that we had to get up at 7:30 to be ready in time to catch our bus. A bit brutal but esta bien. The bus trip wasn't too bad and our first destination was Beautiful! We stopped in Cordoba, which reminded me a lot of Toledo. We visited the Mosque Cathedral that used to be Islamic and is famous for it's Moorish architecture. (totally had to look that up, my bad) But, it really was cool to see and very beautiful. After we had lunch and then headed to Granada. Granada is seriously so pretty, anywhere you look, it is beautiful. The first night we walked up to see the few over the city, amazing. Afterwards we saw a flamenco show, up close and personal. I loved every second of it. I didn't realize how similar flamenco is to tap dancing. I recognized the steps and being so close, it literally is tap dancing in the feet, the body is completely different. Much more serious, straight, and sexy. Man, the guy was so intense, his face never lost its focus. Me gusta mucho! Later, we went out for a Kebob, which was soooo freaking good, but then made me sick later. It sucked, pretty sure I got food poisoning. No more kebobs para mi. The great thing about Granada is how they do Tapas. Soooooo cheap! We found one in particular that we ate at 4 times. A chinese one, that served a good plate of your choice of Tapa and any drink for 2 euro! And OMGosh, the noodles were bomb! So healthy, I know, but so cheap and good! Saturday we went to The Alhambra. A huge palace with many gardens, a view overlooking Granada and so much architecture. I am not big on museums and much prefer a visit to a place like this. You can walk around outside, imagine what it would be like to live way back when, its just so cool! The only bad part was the weather. It was raining the whole time! So me and my passe bought umbrella hats and they came in to be quite handy and made for good pictures :)
Ahhh, before I go I forgot to mention Isla Christina . A family vacation at the end of Semana Santa was so nice and made Rachel and I feel special to be invited. After Ibiza we stayed in Sevilla for a few nights so we could experience Semana Santa. We saw three processions. The city is very packed you can barely move, but the processions are beautiful. Everyone goes silent as the huge statues of Jesus and the Virgin Mary pass through, surrounded by the members of that church, dressed in what looks like a KKK costume, but totally has no relation, of course, carrying candles. It was definitely something to see and I am glad we got to experience how huge Holy Week is in Spain. We left to Isla Christina with Marcos on Friday. We finally got to meet Marta! She is awesome, funny, and beautiful, I mean she is a model, so that one was a given. The best part of the weekend was going to the a little beach bar to listen to a friend of Marcos's band. It was Reggae and I really liked it. It was just nice to hang out, relax in the sun, and have some beers with them. Rita and Juan didn't go, but all us youngn's did. :) There was a little family drama at lunch, haha, whats a family vaca without a little drama? It wasn't even bad, little Juanito stepped in the hot stew and the whole table went a little nuts. Only because we were all around a small table in a small room, so when Juanito jumped, everyone went to help him and got tangled up in each other. A little yelling, scrambling around, all while Rachel and I sat awkwardly watching. We thought Mamma Rita was going to have a heart attack! Ahhhh, well we all laughed about it later, but it was an ordeal at the time. It actually made me miss my family, I love family vacations or reunions, and even though I was so happy to be with my spanish fam, I still miss my family back home. :)
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