I had a really abstract dream last night that I woke up and it was December, I had to pack up and go home, and I couldn't remember a single thing I had done the last three months. The dream seemed all too real in the moment; I already have less than three months left with these awesome people in this beautiful city! I hope I can remember every little second of it.
It's been awhile since my last post. I blame the two week Intensive Spanish For Business course I finished on Friday. They don't joke when they say it's intense. Regular session classes start today for the rest of the semester. I'm only taking Tuesday/Thursday classes...bring on the four day weekends.
I've had the chance to go to a Sevilla F.C. game (against Real Sociedad), they won 1-0. We had tickets in an area similar to the Badger football student section...we stood and sang (pretended to) and clapped and cheered the entire game.
The next day I went to the beach called Bolonia right near the southern tip of Spain. It was beautiful! It's surrounded by old Roman ruins and has a giant sand dune in which "hacer la croqueta" (rolling down it) is a tradition. So obviously, I had to do it....
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| Up one side of the dune... (much bigger than it looks) |
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| ...Roll down the other |
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| Everyone bring it in before we sprint down.... |
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| Straight into the water |
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| Oh look...some burros |
This past weekend, in order to celebrate being done with intensive business Spanish, we started our nights at a Festival of Nations in a huge park in Sevilla. They had food and craft tents from all over the world, as well as a mainstage with Spanish dancers lip-syncing to songs from different eras of American history. This clearly got us in the mood to dance all night at a discoteca called Plaza Europa. When we got there around 2:30am, it was still pretty quiet, but when we left at 6am, it had just started to get full. Maybe that gives you a good idea of how crazy Spanish life is...
Don't worry, I still watched the Packer game.
Besos a todos!
