Sevilla

Well, Sevilla was amazing! We got in on Friday night and stayed until 5pm today (Sunday). We saw the Alcanzar, Cathedral, the Plaza of Spain. It was really cool! My favorite was the Plaza of Spain. It has a section for each city/territory conquered by Spain. There is a shield/code of arms for each, and below it is painted tiles depicting a scene that is typical to that specific region... for example if Texas had a plaza like this, San Antonio would have the Alamo painted on tiles. I took a picture of every single one, and then I took a picture of Oviedo (yay!) and Granada, where I am staying, with me in the pics. All that is what we did on Saturday. Then today, I got up, went and had breakfast and then hopped outside to get some recordings of locals talking. The difference in accents in Seville is soooooo crazy! Spain as a whole is pretty consistent with its proper speech, and then you get to Sevilla. Hmm. weird.
So after I got some recordings, I went with Dana (whose husband is from TVille!!! Small world!!) and Frank to roam the city. We walked all the way to the center of the city where we were the day before, but this time took the tour in a horsedrawn carriage. It was soooo much fun! The clicking of the hooves really entertained me for some reason... lol
We stopped off and grabbed some ice cream because it was REALLY hot, and then we walked ALL the way back to the hotel. Frank and I dropped Dana off and grabbed Heidi and headed back to Cerveceria Europa (we went there the day before for lunch too). For those of you who don't know, Nina and Papa (maternal grandparents) went to Sevilla years ago and frequented this particular bar. So I took a pic of them in and the owner remembered them! So, we ended up getting hooked up with some free tapas (appetizers) and SHIRTS! Too cool!

I took 234 pictures on the trip to Sevilla, but I'm only gonna post about 10-15 on here. The rest you all can see in person when I get back because if not, I'll never study because I'll be posting pics ALL DAY LONG :)
I also really need to go to bed because it was a looooooong day and it's almost 1am here, so pics will be up tomorrow, assuming the internet is working well!

Goodnight!