No puedo creer
que estoy aquí! After 14 hrs of travel, I arrived in Sevilla! Luckily, my hotel has Wi-fi so I could let my
parents know I got here. The light switches in the hotel are weird though-
Sorry for the lack of transition, but that had to be said. Apparently, to avoid
wasting electricity, they make you put your hotel key card in this random slot,
and only then can you use the lights. When you take the key card off, the
lights turn off in 5 minutes. Kinda genius now that I know how to use it,
especially from an environmentalist standpoint- but extremely confusing without
the tutorial from the concierge.
Everything here is so cramped, but I don’t mind
it. The streets are very narrow and put a whole new meaning to the concept of
one-way streets. I also have a funny feeling that the cars will not stop for me
as I cross the street. My cab driver was talking about siestas and said the
city shuts down from like 2:30-6:30… even the restaurants close for a couple
hours. When I told him most American jobs go until 5 or 6, he was mind blown, and then told me Americans work too hard (an opinion I will take over that we
are lazy and only eat fried chicken).
I have been taking so many pictures, pictures of things that make me look like a tourist, pictures of things I can use as a Spanish teacher, and pictures of things I don't understand (like those silly light switches!). I got a bunch of shots of street signs and menus (for those units in the vocab books haha). Just planning ahead!
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| Leaving Chicago |
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| el mercado |
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| El museo de bellas artes |
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| downtown Sevilla |
It’s gorgeous weather here today, not too
hot, and not too humid. The apartments all look like little dollhouses, and the
cobblestone streets just add to it. Everything is so picturesque. The traffic
patterns remind me a bit of Jordan, much like they just build streets where
ever they see fit. Surprisingly, I have
not really seen sangria advertised, which is what I was looking forward to
most- so I am eager to find some later this week. I have seen a lot of beer
though, something I did not associate with Spain (I am most definitely not
complaining about that though). I also proceeded to get very lost at one point
and when I asked for directions back the girl gasped and laughed at the
distance I had to conquer (which in hindsight was really not very much). I am a
bit concerned in getting a cab for tomorrow- I don’t have a phone! I get my
mobile phone tomorrow. That will be nice. I need some sangria.
This is a crazy fruit I found growing in the middle of the centro: don't know what it is!
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