March 5, 2010

I got up at 7:45 this morning. There was a continental breakfast in the hotel. I have never seen such an amazing breakfast before! There was tons of toast, croissants, yogurt, fresh fruit, danishes, and different types of tortilla things. There was so much food! We left the hotel at 9:30 to go to the Cathedral. It was really cool on the inside, and it was nice because in my art class we are learning EVERYTHING about the design. However; I was getting really sick of being there because we all had an ear piece that our teacher was speaking to us through, and we stood at one painting for probably 30-40 minutes to hear every detail, and I was really tired of listening! It was just getting too long for me, and lots of other students. People started taking out their headphones. Finally, we left there at 2:45 and we walked through the cities. The cities we get to visit are so amazing! I bought a small plate from a shop. I like to buy at least one small thing each place that I visit as a souvenir. We stopped for some hot drinks because it was actually really cold there. We continued walking and kind of got lost a little bit, but we had to be back at the hotel to leave, so finally we found our way, and only had time to grab McDonald's. Then we got back on the bus. We already had to leave! We drove for a little over 2 1/2 hours and stopped at a cafe for about 40 minutes. The bus drivers there aren't allowed to drive for more than 3 hours at a time without a break. Then we finished our 6 hour trek, and got back to school around 9. We just ate a smaller meal, then Miguel got a phone call that one of the past girls that lived with them, Alissa, is in Seville. She came over and we chatted for a while. She was really nice, and we asked her a lot of questions. She ended up staying until after 12:30, but we swapped numbers, and we might go to a Flamenco show with her tomorrow! Anyways, I really wanted to run tomorrow, but it's supposed to rain, once again, all day, so I probably won't. Also, us girls are going to try really hard to speak spanish everyday to each other until 5 p.m. We don't speak as much spanish as we know we need to to become more fluent. We tried it today, and I could already feel that it was beneficial. I feel like I'm learning a lot, and getting more fluent, but there's just always so much more to learn!

Verse: Deuteronomy 6:4-6