Ahhh!! I have so much to say it could never all fit in a blog!! But I’ll try to keep the highlights to a reasonable length! Yesterday we arrived in Sevilla around 5 and it is so great to finally be here! It is finally almost time to stop being tourists, and start being residents, even if it is only temporarily. We were dropped off at a common meeting place where our host families picked us up. Drew (my roommate) and I were greeted by Maria Teresa (our mom) and Mario (her son), and we met Antonio (our dad) when we got back to our house. So, for those of you who have heard about the mystery of Mario (we weren’t sure how old he was since his parents are in their sixties...) he is thirty years old, but he doesn’t actually live with us. He used to, but he moved to Valencia a few years ago because Sevilla has no jobs :( So we are the only children living here. We share a room and have a bathroom for the two of us. They are small, but we don’t have very much stuff so we don’t need very much room! We live about a 20-30 minute walk away from the center of the city (we went there today and went on a walking tour with ISA) and a longgg walk away from our school so we will most likely have to take the metro a lot, but I am hoping I will be able to walk, it will just depend on when we have classes, etc.!
Next up: the FOOD!! Es muy muy muy muy delicioso. I am eating things that I would never eat it America, but it is all SO good! I am already dreading coming back to American food a little (no offense mom :) Generally, Spaniards eat a small breakfast (this morning we had toast, and she gave us muffins for the road), a large lunch (today we had a salad and a whole plate of deliciously baked pasta with cheeses and some sort of meat in it...and of course bread!), and then they eat a small dinner (como una tortilla de patatas (an omelet with potatoes). But last night I think maybe because it was our first night there she made us so much food!! We had grilled chicken breasts, grilled peppers and zucchini, along with tortilla espanola! THEN we had a huge salad with lettuce, peppers, cheese, ham, pears, kiwi, and some sort of vinaigrette dressing (Drew had tomatoes, but mine was of course without). And on top of allllll that food, we had bread and cheese and pears! And after everything we were eating she kept asking us if we wanted seconds of EVERYTHING! She is pretty persuasive...this morning she talked me into having tea and three pieces of toast! haha but everything is so delicious I feel like I have to walk to school if I don’t want to gain 2000 pounds while I’m here!
Last night was our first night it Sevilla, so we didn’t know what to do because none of us know each other’s cell phone numbers (for those people who have cell phones), and we didn’t know really where anything was haha so we just stayed in last night and skyped with our families (we have wifi in our rooms!! Incredible!) It was a nice relaxing evening, and it was good to see my little mama’s face and to talk to her, which I haven’t done at all since we got here except an email to let her know I was alive! But tonight will be our first real night in the city where we are exploring out and about. It is going to be strange for me because Spaniards don’t eat dinner until 9:30 or 10 usually, and then they go out and might stay out until 4 in the morning! Usually I am pretty much done by 3 at the latest! But, as always, it is an adventure! :)
Vale! Adios!
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