The Fresh Price of Bellaire

Thursday March 27, 2008

After classes today we had an “intercambio” or “exchange” with a couple of classes from the Language School in Sevilla. These students are learning English; therefore we prepared small presentations about different “American themes/pieces of culture” and spoke to them in small groups. My group spoke about the US’s educational system and about the life of a student. Afterwards there was a Spanish potluck type of thing. Melissa and I ended up staying until after 9pm and afterwards we made plans to hang out with a couple of people after dinner. We ended up meeting up with them at a bar in the Alameda around 11pm. Allison and Tim, Allison’s friend from her home town that now teaches English in Riga, Latvia, showed up for a couple of minuets and then left. He is visiting this weekend and he’s a pretty nice guy. But I digress, the entire night we spoke Spanish and talked about everything from 9-11 conspiracy theories to The Fresh Price of Bellaire. Interesting fact: they have The Fresh Prince here in Spain, but obviously it’s all dubbed in Spanish…even the intro song. Afterwards we left the bar and headed to Lo Nuestro, a flamenco bar, to learn how to dance Sevillanos, the traditional dance of Sevilla that everyone dances during Feria (which is in two weeks). We spent the next four hours learning how to dance, talking in Spanish and having a good time. I finally got home around 5:30am after a long, but very good and very “Spanish” night.