I love the city, I hate the garbage man....

PICTURES!

my bedroommy roomates...Isabel made us homewade ice cream sandwiches...the ice cream here is AMAZING!
Mi Senora- Isabel...70 years old...she is amazing

Girls night out on the river... we rented the boats and got to know each other while enjoying the river.
School... this is the student lounge.

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What I love about this semester:

-Walking everyday, over a beautiful bridge and through the busy streets of Seville.

-Living in the city (temporarily).

-Not cleaning my room or making my bed because Isabel (Mi Senora) forbids me to.

-The food in Spain! Everything made with olive oil and fresh.

-Learning about history and literature and art while experiencing it. Hearing it in Spanish adds an element I cant describe.

-New sight, smells, sounds, people.

-Freedom from IWU and the box it puts you in.

-Traveling….I have made plans to go to Portugal and all over Spain, Morocco, Austria, Switzerland, Italy and who knows where else.

-And my new nose piercing!

What I don’t like:

That my feet are always dirty here

Turning off lights all the time and walking in the dark.

Being scared of all the robbing that happens on the street and not being able to trust anyone.

Euros…ugh. The conversion rate sucks.

High heels…that I cant wear them and everyone in Seville does.

Trash trucks that come to my apartment window every night at 2AM to wake me up.

Cat calls from Spanish men who are old enough to be my father.

That I am away from the people I love.

This experience has already proved to me that study abroad will be one of the most amazing times of my life and knowing that there is soooo much more to come makes me excited. We had an awesome girls night out last night, paddleboating on the river (the one in the blog picture) and getting to know each other. I have also been busy with classes, loving them and learning a lot from the awesome professors here at Acento. I am surounded by awesome people and an amazingly beautiful European city and I feel so blessed to be here.

Plans for this weekend….

Tomorrow we are going to a Flamenco thing and to get ice cream in the park and do homeowrk. Friday we go to Cordoba for art class to see the city and visit some famous historical places (the history is so rich in this city!). After that we will go out for drinks and tapas and go to a concert in the gardens. Saturday we are going to the beach in Cadiz which is the oldest European city. Sunday- a bullfight at the Plaza del Torros. It’s a lot and I am excited! (Cheri- my planning personality is coming in handy for everyone..haha.)

Thanks for reading, I love your comments..its helps me keep writing cause I know Im not doing it for nothing. (Its like extra homework for me, im not a natural “blogger”).