Archive for September, 2009
So we took a day trip to Córdoba today with my program. The city was originally part of the Roman empire, but the reason why it’s so popular now is because of it’s mezquita (mosque) / cathedral that was built during the Islamic rule. In 711 AD when the Muslims invaded and took over Spain, [...]
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on top of the world.
So last Saturday, we took a day trip to the city of Carmona, which was about 40ish minutes by bus from Sevilla. Carmona is located on a hill and is much less modernazized and westernized that the city of Sevilla. We first went to the necropolis, which was really just not that exciting. It’s kind [...]
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BONUS
I can’t believe I’ve been here for over 2 weeks already! On Monday, we took a group tour of the Cathedral in Sevilla. The Cathedral is also located right next to my school and is the largest Gothic cathedral in the WORLD, and the THIRD-LARGEST church (of any type) in the world. Crazy, right? It [...]
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Sevilla = “la leche”
I find it almost impossible to keep up with this blog. We’ve just done too many things here in Sevilla and everything has been so exciting that it’s very difficult to pick the highlights. That being said, the only highlight of my orientation classes (yuck) so far has been my newfound knowledge of some common [...]
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¿Cómo se dice “lazy”?
lazy = perezoso. Oh, life in Sevilla. Living here has made me soooo perezosa. I don’t really understand the lifestyle here. We eat lunch at 3pm, have class from 5-8pm, eat dinner at 10:30pm… The awkward hours of dead time in between meals and classes are very unproductive because I feel like there isn’t enough [...]
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hace mucho calor
I have arrived, and the first thing that comes to mind when starting this entry is: hace mucho calor. My goodness, the high today is 101 degrees and the sun is absolutely relentless. I think I have already gotten like 2 shades darker over the course of less than 2 days. I arrived in Madrid [...]
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LUVS
and so the journey begins. I, the serial overpacker, the worrisome/always-prepared-for-any-dire-situation student, somehow managed to fit 5 months worth of belongings into 1 suitcase and 1 large backpack. The task was daunting: clothes and shoes for the 90-105 degree weather AND clothes and shoes for below-freezing temps in December/January during my travels. Truth be told, [...]
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an attempt to record it all.
