(Plaza de Espana)

Hola a Todos! 

And that is about the extent of my spanish, yet I am in Seville Spain anyways.  I've only been here for 3 days, but it has already been so amazing!  Walking around the city is such a treat, all the streets are cobblestone with beautiful old buildings everywhere you turn.  When I arrived in Seville we were first taken to a hotel for orientation, where we learned important information that would help us with our study abroad experience.  The next day we were distributed to our different housing.  Before going to my apartment I was nervous that the place would be empty and small, which was a serious concern considering the fact that I'm living with 11 other girls.  But to my surprise the apartment is absolutely gorgeous! We have the entire 6th floor of our apartment building, with 4 and 1/2 bathrooms. Luckily I got to chose my room first, so my roommate Keliana and I got the best in my opinion.  It's a double with huge closets, giant mirrors, and its own bathroom, tub included.  Here are some pictures of our place!!

Our kitchen, it has this awesome old gate/fence thing which makes it all the more coooool!

Eating area

Family Room

View off our balcony, a little plus is the sun sets there so every night we get an amazing and colorful sunset, my favorite!!

My bedroom, there are 3 doubles in the house and 2 triples.  We really scored with this room :)

Our desk and closets, such a great set up!

Check out the deluxe bathroom

Swagger.

So far in Spain I've done a lot of wandering with my roommates, we've been to a lot of bars and restaurants all over the city.  The one thing my dad couldn't stop talking about before I left was the tapas bars, and I've already made it to a bunch of them!  It's cool being in a new country because all the food is completely different and even the way they eat is different.  The Spanish way of life is a lot later than what I'm used to.  They have a small breakfast and then their large main meal is lunch which is typically around 2 pm.   Then they have small snacks until around 9 or 10 when they eat dinner which typically consists of tapas or just a lite meal.  Also people party a lot later here too.  One night we went to a club but didn't get there till 1 am, which is early for Spaniards! Here people stay out till around 6 in the morning!  

Besides enjoying the food, drinks, and nightlife in Seville I also went on a 3 hour bike tour of the city.  It was provided by my program and was a great first activity because it allowed us to see an over view of where we are living.  Because we were on bikes I didn't get to take as many pictures as I would have liked too, I can't wait to get out and really go crazyy.  The first night I would stop and take pictures, my roommates already have made jokes about how they need to keep me on a leash.  Needless to say I feel like my mother.  

We'll I'll leave you with a couple more photos just to give you a taste of some of the things I'm seeing! 

Fountain right next to my apartment, they're everywhere. So pretty :)

This is my roommate Keliana, she's from California and is super cool. I got lucky with this one haha.

Vino y Tapas!

Torre del Oro 

Pretty church

The mushroom! But actually it's called Espacio Metropol Parasol, it's a monument and underneath there are old ruins.

Pretty buildings everywhere :)