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This week has been somewhat less eventful prior to the weekend. In my classes, we are beginning to get the big projects that must be completed before we leave for vacation. This includes a 4 page paper in Literature, and a 4 page paper in Imagenes. This weekend alone got filled with work with a composition, which is filling in bubbles in a strange comic strip (which is harder than it looks) and another written work for History class, which we are likely to protest doing, since it went off the assumption that we were getting a guided tour of Seville. Now in general, I’m not against work. It just occurs at bad timing, where I have no time during 2 weekends in a row.
So this weekend was our excursion to Seville. I like Seville. On Friday, we began with our tour of the city. The tour was conducted by our directors. The Plaza de España is wonderful. Followed our tour, we had time to start Christmas shopping and we listened to the bells in the Cathedral tower. On Saturday, we visited the cathedral and went up the tower. In the afternoon, we went to the Museum of Beautiful Art, and then we walked along the river, passing the Plaza de Torros and the Torre de Oro. On Sunday, we went to Reales Alcázares which is the royal palace. It was interesting, or at least the first 10 rooms were. We had headsets to hear about the rooms, but the battery in mine died so I couldn’t learn about it. Without the headset, it looked like just more Muslim architecture, with each room appearing very similar.
Next weekend, we have a puente, a 5 day holiday weekend. I am traveling with friends to Cadiz, Tarifa, Malaga, Granada, and Cordoba. It will be fun to travel to all of those places. Plus I will be able to figure out if I want to revisit any of them after my program is over. We’re spending a day in each place, and about half a day in Cordoba.
I broke up with Steve this week. At least it’ll last until the end of study abroad. When I get back to the US and the new quarter starts at K, we’ll talk and see what we want to do.
So this weekend was our excursion to Seville. I like Seville. On Friday, we began with our tour of the city. The tour was conducted by our directors. The Plaza de España is wonderful. Followed our tour, we had time to start Christmas shopping and we listened to the bells in the Cathedral tower. On Saturday, we visited the cathedral and went up the tower. In the afternoon, we went to the Museum of Beautiful Art, and then we walked along the river, passing the Plaza de Torros and the Torre de Oro. On Sunday, we went to Reales Alcázares which is the royal palace. It was interesting, or at least the first 10 rooms were. We had headsets to hear about the rooms, but the battery in mine died so I couldn’t learn about it. Without the headset, it looked like just more Muslim architecture, with each room appearing very similar.
Next weekend, we have a puente, a 5 day holiday weekend. I am traveling with friends to Cadiz, Tarifa, Malaga, Granada, and Cordoba. It will be fun to travel to all of those places. Plus I will be able to figure out if I want to revisit any of them after my program is over. We’re spending a day in each place, and about half a day in Cordoba.
I broke up with Steve this week. At least it’ll last until the end of study abroad. When I get back to the US and the new quarter starts at K, we’ll talk and see what we want to do.