Just another few days in paradise...

Why did I think of bringing a bottle opener to Spain?? Luckily my roommate, Melody, and I found this gem for one euro at the local supermercado and it is a twist top! This ended up being some pretty fine local wine and was soooo inexpensive. There is much more wine in my future. We decided to meet some friends for drinks and of course brought our own. A kind British woman overheard us and how I have not had olives yet and have been craving them so she kindly offered half of her platter to us and they were wonderful! 

We continued our drinks and watched the sunset. This bridge is the bridge that leads into Triana, my neighborhood. Today Paco, my host father told me that that this was designed by the same architect who designed the Eiffel tower!! 

The next day after class many of us decided to visit the cathedral. With our University of Sevilla ID cards we get in free! It was absolutely gorgeous inside! There was so much to see and visit it could take hours!! Like I said previously Cathedral Santa Maria in Sevilla is the third largest in the world behind Rome and London. The mosque was first build in the twelfth century.

Inside the cathedral is Christopher Columbus' tomb!!!!

We then climbed the tower, La Giralda, which consists of thirty-five ramps and seventeen stairs. The views were phenomenal and worth every step in the over one hundred degree weather! Luckily my host family packed us lunch to take with us and had the air conditioning on and ice cold water waiting upon our return... I even splurged and had some gelato too. 

This is another view from the top of the tower and includes the bull right which I attended this last weekend.

After our picture from the top we headed down for the evening. The schedule is quite different here but I have been adjusting really well. Still seems strange to eat around 11pm and be up all hours of the morning during the weekend but my daily siestas have been quite helpful with that schedule. My Spanish classes are going well and they keep me busy with homework. In this region of Spain the people talk very fast and pronounce many words with what sounds like a lisp. I have been doing really well understanding them but still need a lot of work to produce the language necessary to properly communicate. Tomorrow is my last day of class this week because early on Friday I head to Portugal!