Loving Spain!

Above are pictures from our trip to Cordoba on Saturday!

This past weekend was my first settled weekend in Spain!

Friday night my roommate and I went to bed relatively early because we were headed to Cordoba, Spain the next morning at 7:45am (yikes!). We left our house at around 7:15 and ended up hailing a cab to the meeting point with our group. The sun does not rise in Sevilla until approx. 8:30 in the morning so it was hard to get up and going.

The bus ride to Cordoba was a little over an hour and a half. The big site to see in Cordoba is what is known as the Mezquita. This is basically an Islamic Mosque and Catholic Cathedral all in one. It is absolutely beautiful and definitely a site to see. It dates back to the 8th century.

Unfortunately there is not much else to see in Cordoba! We were only there for about 5 hours so we had time to go to the Mezquita and grab a sandwich. I wandered through the streets with some friends and we took the time to get lost. The streets in Cordoba are much like any European city with tiny winding street. The cars do their best to squeeze through streets and do a very good job at making me nervous.

After we made our way back to Sevilla, Caroline and I headed home for dinner. We had a late night dinner (we don't eat until around 10pm here!) and got ready to meet friends down the street. We rode the metro for the first time. Usually it is a good 30minute walk for us to get down around the river in Sevilla but the metro only took us about 3minutes. Defintely worth the euro! We spent some time at different restuarants along the river and Caroline and I made it home very late. Around here people don't even go out until atleast 12:30! Defintely something I need to get used to...

Sunday is a lazy day in Spain! They take the "day of rest" very seriously around here.(well rest in general as i have noticed because they sure do like their siestas!) Caroline and I headed into the center of town to wander around and absolutely no shops were open! There were a few cafes full of spanish families. It was neat to be able to see everyone hanging out in the streets with their families and little kids. Due to the beautiful weather--probably 60s and sunny!--we went down to sit by the river with some friends. It was so nice and a great place to people watch. I have noticed that the spanish kids are absolutely adorable and definitely dress way better than I do! All the little girls are beautiful and wear big colorful bows in their hair. I can't wait to see them all dressed in Flamenco dresses for Feria!

We ended up spending most of the day out and eating at one of our new favorite places! It is a little mediterranean place with awesome pitas and wraps.

Monday started the week as usual...its always hard to focus on school when you are in such a beautiful place! This week Caroline and I ordered bike passes so we can explore the city a little more on bike. I am sure we will have some interesting stories about that!

We have plans to go to a flamenco hopefully this week and then we are headed to italica for the weekend!