May 19, 2008 I just wanted to say thanks to anyone who read my blog or looked at my pictures. I hope you enjoyed everything. Hopefully they helped you to see some of what my life was like during this life-changing experience. I started making a list of some of the things that I will miss about Sevilla, so here it is (in no particular order): ~ Lolina ~ Andrés ~ Nano and IB ~ Arrayán ~ 100 Montaditos ~ Helado ~ Rayas ~ Orsini’s ~ The river ~ Catedral and Giralda ~ Torre de Oro ~ Pasarela ~ Plazas ~ Palm Trees ~ Orange trees ~ Walking ~ Starbucks on Sundays ~ My friends ~ Heat and sun ~ Tinto de verano ~ The food ~ Principes ~ Fútbol and Sevilla FC ~ Flamenco ~ ... read more

May 17, 2008 When I finally woke up this morning, I didn’t want to start the packing that was in store for the day; so instead, I messed around with pictures and games on my computer. Then I was getting bored, and the packing was imminent, so I decided to get started. Lolina and I had our final lunch/meal together. Then it was back to the packing for about 4 hours. I had so much stuff that it was rather interesting cramming everything into my bags; good think my parents brought some stuff home for me already! The day had finally turned nice with sun and a blue sky, so I decided to go on a walk, one last time, and to go to the last Starbucks that Julie and I hadn’t been to. I walked ... read more

May 15, 2008 I didn’t do much today since my final wasn’t until 6 at night. So I studied some and hung out. After lunch, Julie and I headed to school where I decided to not study more and get confused since I knew my stuff. My Art History final wasn’t bad, just super long. When it was over, I made plans to meet up with Andrés one more time. I met him and his wife, Inma, at the International Cervecería. We hung out for awhile, drank some beers, and talked. Then they ordered the special dishes from the cervecería for me. One was an ensaladilla de gambas, which means shrimp salad. Well I was a little nervous because I don’t like shrimp, but I tried it anyways. It looked a lot like potato salad does, ... read more

May 11, 2008 After our hour and a half nap, we were up again, getting ready to leave to catch the bus to the airport. We had to meet the bus 3:15 before our flight, which ended up meaning we had to be there by 5:20. We had thought we would just take the Metro, but it closed at nights, hardly any buses ran, and we didn’t want to waste money on a taxi. So, Theresa and I decided to continue our walking. We figured it would take us about an hour and half, so we left around 3:30 to give us some extra time. We were a little nervous walking that far at that time of day, but the street we were on was very busy with people still out. We finally made it to ... read more

May 4, 2008 I went to my last mass at the Cathedral this morning. It was really pretty because the paso we saw yesterday was at the Silver Altar of the Cathedral, and that is where they celebrated the mass. We were going to go to Museo de Bellas Artes, but the line was so long, that we decided to wait til another day. We ate lunch early, and then hung out before it was time to leave to go to our Sevilla Fútbol Game! We had to get our Starbucks, especially since it would be the last Sunday to do so, so we picked it up on our walk to the game. You could tell when we started getting close to the stadium, because everyone was wearing red. We were getting so excited for the ... read more