Just Call Me Picasso, Kind Of…

Friday April 11, 2008

I started off my day today walking to the post office because I had a package from my grandparents! The package was filled with goodies, as always, and I loved it.

 Today is the first day that it hasn’t rained all week and I took advantage of the fact. Allison and I went around town taking some “Sevilla” pictures because I don’t have as many as I would like. We visited a few shops along the way and ended up on Calle Betis (Betis Street) to have a drink with one of our intercambio friends. Her name is Laura, she’s 21, and she’s just a bundle of energy. She was really cool to talk to and we ended up hanging out with her until a little after 8pm. It’s always nice talking to Spaniards and getting their points of view on different subjects and being able to practice our Spanish isn’t bad either!

 After dinner Allison and I headed down to the river so I could paint La Puente de Trianna (The Bridge of Trianna) at night. It’s gorgeous down by the river at night because if you cross the river you can see the Cathedral, the Plaza de España, La Giralda and the bullring all in one view. They are all lit up at night, its beautiful…oh Sevilla. We sat on a dock on the river and I painted for a while as Allison listened to music and we talked. Afterwards we decided that we needed to finish our night off “Spanish-style” so we went to get churros by the river. The churrería (the kiosk where you buy churros) was packed with Feria goers and it was fun watching them come and go all done up in their flamenco dresses. As we sat along the river drinking Coke, eating churros and chatting, Allison and I reminisced about good times that we’ve had this semester.  We have come to the conclusion that we don’t have enough time left to be sad, therefore we aren’t going to be sad until we actually get on our plane to come back to the States. Although, I have made quite a few Spanish friends that think that the States is “the land of opportunities” (direct quote, kind of me made me sick) and who would be more than willing to trade lives for a while…maybe I’ll just try that! I guess the grass is always greener on the other side, but I’ve grown pretty fond of Sevilla. But in all reality I only have a month left and I’m definitely not going to waste my time being sad, I still have too many places to see and things to do!