At my school orientation they told us that the city of
Seville was very easy to fall in love with and while I have not even been here
for a week I already agree with that statement 100%. I am actually writing this
entry on the rooftop terrace at my Residencia, where I can see the Cathedral
(if you guys just look up Sevilla Cathedral on Google you’ll know why I’m so
happy about this).
(View from the terrace on the roof. the tall tower lit up is the Cathedral)
I wish I could explain to people what it is like here, but
Sevilla one of those places that no picture, description, story, adjective,
etc., could ever do it justice. It would be amazing if I could bring people
here just so they could see it in person because it’s crazy. There are so many
different plazas to see, all of which are beautiful and have pigeons that get
way to close to you (kind of like the squirrels at ECSU). People here are just
happy (it may just be the beautiful weather, I don’t know). While the economy
is not great, people’s main concern isn’t money (they don’t really have any
concerns actually). As long as they have their siesta, very late dinner and
drinks, they are content. And for the most part people walk everywhere, so you
get some good exercise every time you walk out.
Naturally I get here and my Spanish is the worst it has ever
been. They people in Sevilla speak ridiculously fast and have strong accents
that I am nowhere near used too. Right now most conversations end with a “lo
siento, estoy aprendiendo” or just a smile and nod… Hopefully this will get
better once I feel more comfortable haha.
Today I walked around with my roommate and her friend. It
felt like the beginning of summer back in Connecticut, but for some reason the
people here are still wearing jackets and scarves like it’s freezing out (still
haven’t figured that out). The mornings and nights sometimes require a light
jacket like one you’d use in the spring time, but for the most part I don’t
think you need one. Not to rub salt in the wound (?) but I'm starting to freckle which means a tan is not far behind, woooo! Anyway, the three of us went to a tapas bar for lunch,
which serves smaller portions of meals and then went to sit down by the river for
a while.
(Part of the river..)
Although I’m still having separation anxiety from breakfast,
the food here so good. I am happy to say that I have tried everything put in
front of me! My first night here, the resident coordinator of my program took
us out to dinner and had us try a lot of different things. First of all, I ate
tuna and some sort of small clam and kept it down… Second of all, I tried this meat and was all “wow, this
is some amazing steak. I wish it was this good back home.” Turns out it was ox,
which is not the type of meat I was expecting it to be haha. Most of the time
when you sit down they give you olives and bread to eat before your meal. Let
me tell you I am loving the olives. Also, here they have little convenience
stores that people call “chinos” which are supporting my Oreo addiction quite
well. They have these chocolate bars with Oreos inside them and they have
actual Oreos. I have literally drank coffee at least once a day, if not twice
and I have these multivitamin gummies that I cannot stop eating, even though
people keep telling me how much I shouldn't (they are incredibly addicting
though).
So far Sevilla is the perfect place to wander. There have
been multiple times already where I've just started walking down different
streets (during the day, don’t worry), with no plan on where to go. While most
times it results in me having no idea where I am, I absolutely love it.
(I get to walk this everyday)
My classes start tomorrow. I have two classes a day
Monday-Thursday, but none start until 11 and I have a 3-day weekend EVERY
WEEKEND. While I would be perfectly happy with wandering the city every day,
I’m actually really excited for classes to start because there will probably be
some really cool people in them.
(the back of the Cathedral, I just think it's really pretty. You should see the fountain behind it lit up at night, holy crap)
I’m going to try to keep up with this blog, but as you can
see, it took me this long to write my first entry...
So until then, I hope the weather back home isn't too unpleasant and that San Fran makes Ray Lewis's last NFL game one to remember (not in a good way). Adios!
-ave
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