Weekend

Busy weekend! Friday after lunch, Alyssa, Alice, Alex and I (all of the girls who have boyfriends on the trip) wandered around the city. We had planned to go to the hippie market and the museum of archeology, but didn't actually make it to either. We got caught in the rain and ducked into a coffee shop where we had Cola Cao, a type of hot chocolate that everyone drinks in Spain. It's served as a packet with hot milk and sugar, and you have to mix it together. We sat and talked in the coffee shop for awhile, and by the time we got to the archeology museum we decided it was too late to see it since Alyssa had to be home for dinner at 8:30.

That night Alyssa, Alex, Delaney, Steph and I went to a tetería, or tea house. I found it on this great site called exploresevilla.com, which has lists of things to do in Sevilla (I'm starting to think I'm never going to get it all done!) The tetería was awesome--and a great alternative to going out for the night, since we had to be up early for a class trip in the morning. It reminded me of Jerusalem Gardens mixed with World Coffee, two of my favorite places to go in Asheville. It had rooms with low couches and cushions decorated to look like it was out of Morocco. I had banana-flavored tea, and it was delicious. There was supposed to be a belly dancer, but we learned when we got there that she went on vacation the day before and wouldn't be back for a month! So sad!

The tetería

We made some new Spanish friends. They were hilarious and it was great to be able to practice our Spanish!

Each tea had its own silver teapot.

Saturday our program took a trip to see the Roman ruins in Italica. We saw the old amphitheater, which reminded me of the Colosseum, stood on a Roman road and saw the remains of old houses and the baths.

The amphitheater

Remains of a huge Roman house. You can still see the mosaics that made up the floor

We were here!

After lunch on Saturday, Cherise, Alex, Alice, Alyssa and I decided to walk around Parque María Luisa. It was a beautiful day! Then we caught the sunset over the river.

Chilling at the Plaza de España

Parque María Luisa

After dinner at 10:00, we were going to hit up a discoteca with Delaney and Steph. However, the one that they were going to was across the river in their neighborhood, Triana, and I found out it'd take me 38 minutes to walk there! And I was tired... so we ended up getting beer and cake at the Oh La La! next to our apartment.

Cherise is tired of me taking pictures

This morning (Sunday) I got up early to go with Delaney and Steph to a local art market. The market is held every Sunday in front of the Museo de Bellas Artes. It was awesome to walk around and admire all of the different types of paintings-- basically like a free art exhibit! I will have to go back and take pictures.

Then we went to a church across the river. It was interesting because it was a protestant church, and it was much more contemporary. It was great, but very long!

After church I met Alyssa and Audra for tapas downtown, then went home for lunch. After lunch I ended up sleeping for most of the afternoon! I guess I was worn out from the weekend!