Sunday’s are supposed to be the days where you catch up on homework that you haven’t done all weekend, but honestly, I’m just not in the mood and I might even take a nap. So what’s happened in the past week? On Wednesday night, a lot of us went to this bar to check out the Real Betis vs. Real Madrid football game. They had beer taps at each table which was kind of cool. I don’t know that much about soccer as far as teams go, but I think I better learn fast cause it’s the ONLY sport they watch and talk about here. People get really into it, so I might as well give it a shot. My señora and her husband are really big Sevilla fans, and I’ve helped convince them that Chris is a Real Betis fan. The rivalry between Sevilla and Betis is like UNC vs. Duke except both teams are in the same city. At one point, he said if Betis beat Madrid then Chris would have to sleep outside without food. Haha… As you can tell, meal conversations have gotten a lot better and I’ve been looking forward to the opportunities to speak in only Spanish.

Friday morning, we had a field trip to Real Alcazar, a royal palace built in the 14th century. The architecture was amazing along with the gardens and pools.

Inside Real Alcazar


The gang in front of a fountain-like pool thing

On Friday night, a bunch of us got together and headed over to Plaza de España to chill. We went to the grocery store and bought some bottles of wine, plastic cups, bread, and cheese and chilled on the steps in the Plaza. This place is like what you see on all the postcards from Sevilla. I don’t have any pictures right now, but when I do, I’ll definitely post them. So we sat there hanging out and then the security guard comes around at 10 pm and kicks us out because he was closing the gate. We ended up sitting on the steps right outside of the gate finishing our snacks. After a couple bars, we ended up going to a club for like 20 minutes and then we were all so tired that we went home.

Yesterday, we decided to go try some tapas, which are like little dishes of food, which you can order at bars and you can just order a bunch and make it a meal. I decided to be brave and try this fish dish. I had no idea what it would be, the waiter just said it would be small fish and when he brought the dish, I thought I was going to puke. I think they were sardines or something, but the head, the tail, all of it was there, like 5 or 6 of them. If they hadn’t cost so much, I probably wouldn’t have had them, but I tried it and I mean it was all right once you took away his head and his tail. I don’t know how this whole fish thing is going to work out, but somehow I need to make sure I’m getting enough protein here.

I guess I should do a little work now so maybe I can take a late siesta later today…Go Panthers!