El Museo del Bellas Artes de Sevilla

Friday February 8, 2008 

After the long night, Allison, Sam and I woke up around 11:30 this morning. We all ate breakfast at different times and Allison and I showered (separately) and got ready for the day. Allison and I caught wind that the famous painter “El Greco” had an exhibit at an art museum (El Museo del Bellas Artes de Sevilla) nearby, so we decided that we’d check it out. The exhibit was amazing and included the original works of the twelve apostles, along with other religious themed paintings. After looking at the exhibit we headed to the other two levels of the museum and looked at tons of other paintings and statutes. It was amazing seeing all of the different collections and works, but the thing that stood out to me the most was that almost 90% of the paintings and statues were religious based. I guess I should have expected it but I think I saw every way possible of painting baby Jesus with the Virgin Mary. After the museum we stopped by the post office where I picked up my Valentines Day themed package from my mom. Enclosed were socks, kitchen towels (for Rocio and Encarna), cards for my roommates, Encarna, and Rocio, and magic towels (you put them in water and they grow). Valentines Day came a little early, but I thoroughly enjoyed it. When I got home I had a card from Meridith and I enjoyed it thoroughly, as I always enjoy anything that is from her. We tend to have the same sense of humor so the comic relief was nice to have. We had another “family lunch” today and then I met up with Mary Beth to talk for a bit. It was fun going out with her for something new to do, for a new face and I like her a lot, so that doesn’t hurt. When I got back home I packed my bag and I left again with Allison and we went to another bar to do homework and to check our e-mail. We tried a new bar this time, and I really like it. It is a little more secluded, the guy working was really nice and actually started a conversation (many times Sevillanos don’t), and there was a lot more space. I think I found an internship that I’m going to apply for online, so that was a success. I think that we will definitely be going back there. We came home and I wrote a bit and then we finally had dinner at 11:15pm. Tonight is going to be a chill night because of the lack of sleep last night and because of the plethora of homework for tomorrow.