Sunday March 16, 2008
As Sam and I began our adventure to the church, “Jesus de Gran Poder” we quickly realized that there were a million extra people in the city for this week. The line to go into the church as snaked around the huge plaza and we were at the very back of it. This church is one of the three churches of Sevilla that are the most famous throughout the country during Semana Santa. After standing in line for about and hour, and making best friends with two little old ladies that were in front of us, we finally entered the church. The little old ladies acted as tour guides and pointed everything out in the church to us. If there is one thing that they love more than Sevilla, it’s Semana Santa in Sevilla. If I could have fit them in my purse, I probably would have taken them home with me because they were just that cute. The tradition at this church is to go inside, walk up to the alter, and kiss the statue of Jesus on his hands. There were masses of people who wanted in to do this “lets kick off the holy week right” activity. My personal favorite was the person whose job it was to stand and wipe off the hand after each person kisses the hand, yeah cleanliness.
After our Jesus kissing experience I struggled to use the Spanish Internet to talk to my parents and Aaron yet another time. There are masses of people in Sevilla for this week and most, if not all of the stores and Internet cafes are closed. I somehow found a place to get WIFI from and talked to them for a bit. Also, I got a response back from my internship quest. Hopefully everything works out well. I would love the opportunity.
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