Blogs from Bormujos, Seville, Andalusia, Spain, Europe

Chiclana/Costa de la Luz Sorry this is not the most coherent entry I’ve ever written. My brain is a wee bit fried and I can’t remember everything. • “No pasa nada” is kind of the whole mentality here. People don’t seem to be bothered by a whole lot and generally seem to lead a far more relaxed lifestyle. Sorry I can’t share as many photos with you on my blog as a result of this. There was a lot of toptional going on. I need to inspect my photos first. ;) • Katie and I watched a wedding going on from a distance and learned a few new dance moves…he he. • The resort was a lot different than mainstream Spanish life…people actually went to bed. We started off at 9am with our jamon y queso ... read more

I wish time wasn’t passing so quickly! I feel like just when we’re finally starting to get to know the city, the things to do and finding more places to explore… This morning was a tonto day en escuela; ‘nuff said. PM clase was short because of Sevillanas, but we had an interesting discussion regarding the Catholic Church and its significance in Spain. Just because you don’t go to Church, it doesn’t mean you’re not a Catholic and just because you go to Church doesn’t mean you are one. While Spain is still predominantly Catholic, I think it may be more culturally so than religiously so. The people here can apparently still opt to have their taxes put towards the Catholic Church. Violation of Church vs. State? What do YOU think? Sevillanas was a lot of ... read more

6/ 6 Dare I say I felt somewhat intelligent in class today? Not the whole time…but I didn’t feel totally tonto today. Pieces are coming together so I’m glad I spend a lot of time on my work when I need to. We have a sub this week (for how long we don’t know) and I can understand her a lot better than the regular profesora (who I do like…just don’t understand), but I don’t know the meaning of half the words she uses so I’m kinda back to square one. It’s fine though because she’s totally all about helping us and I talked to her—err..tried to talk to her—after class so I think she knows where I’m coming from. I really do have a lot going on up in my head but sometimes I can’t ... read more

Spanish was más facil this morning. I could understand what we were doing and I think I actually did the homework more or less correctly? She didn’t totally correct what I was doing so I hope so! We have an examen on Monday! I definitely like class much more when I comprehend what we are doing. Después de clase, we went for churros…except we didn’t end up eating churros…I had un huevo a la flamenco and Gabriel gave us some chicken with honey-mustard sauce to try that was AMAZING. The huevo (egg) was super too…they were the small eggs over some potatoes and other veggies (& squash). I definitely am going to eat that again. Definitely a confusing communication regarding when we need to be here for comida (food) and when we’re not here and when ... read more

• Tried anchoas for la primera vez (anchovies). Safe to say I won’t need to try them again. • Pacos quadrados son muy divertidos (Pacos squared are very fun). Paco the professor and Paco loco, one of our guides from Spain, took a handful of us out for a night on the town that culminated in literally a hole in the wall location complete with Flamenco dancing. • Before a night on the town, everyone went to Alcázar, which is a palace where the kings stayed when they were in Sevilla. It is amazing and you would NEVER know what is behind that red door you may already have seen a picture of. Still can’t comprehend the size. First walking through the palace, it seemed like it went on forever. Then the gardens…we didn’t even see ... read more