Today was a make-up day for classes as we have Monday, the 2nd, off for All Saints Day. However, Carlos (my Ethics prof) didn't seem to know or care about this, so we didn't have Ethics class. (But we knew about this. Don't worry--I didn't get up at 7 for nothing!)
I slept in until 8, which was glorious. Katie and I went down to get breakfast at 9, and then made our way to the art museum to meet for our LAC class. The walk was supposed to take about an hour, but really only took about 45 minutes, and it was very nice. It was a bit chilly, but walking kept us at a good temperature.
The area right around the art museum was really weird to walk through because it felt JUST like Rome! It's kind of hard to describe, but everything just looked and seemed like we were back on the streets of Rome. Maybe that area was first constructed by the Romans.
Not a whole lot of people showed up to class, but there were more than I expected. The museum was really beautiful. It used to be a convent, and now houses some really spectacular religious art as well as other pieces of importance. My favorite part of it was the exhibit hall that used to be the convent's church; it was exquisite.
Painting by El Greco of his son
I thought this sheep was hilarious.
The former church
They're holding the Giralda!
Young Jesus just can't even deal with the teachers
This picture turned out TERRIBLE, but it is SUCH a beautiful painting, I PROMISE.
After the museum trip, Katie and I went to the Cathedral area to get some lunch. We went to the tapas bar that Raul took us to, but they didn't seem to have the plates we wanted that day, so we went to another one across the street. We ordered tap water, goat cheese, and patatas bravas, and we received some other kind of cheese and patatas bravas. The other cheese was excellent, so we couldn't really complain there; however, I could've used some water. The potatoes were spicy! Our waiter was all over the place, so I didn't even try to ask again. (But clearly, I survived). They had the weirdest music videos playing in there, too, including some performance in Barcelona in 1992 featuring Freddie Mercury and some opera singer as well as Bonnie Tyler singing Total Eclipse of the Heart at some gala. We were thoroughly entertained.
I spent the rest of the afternoon back at the hostel kind of just chillin' and whatnot. Later, Shavonne invited us to go have dinner with her and some of the other people in our program, so we all went to Iguanas (the Mexican place we go to on Sundays). It was Katie, Tiffany, Shavonne, Shaq, Williametta, Kaitlin, Lauren and me. The food was delicious, of course, but the service was a little slow. Also, they somehow managed to run out of rice, so we all got boiled potatoes instead. Regardless, though, we had a really great time, and a hilarious walk back.
So now my break really begins! On Saturday, we go to Albufeira, Portugal; Sunday, to Lisbon, Portugal; Tuesday, to Madrid; and then finally back to Seville on Friday. I highly doubt I'll be updating the blog during this time, but I'll make sure to take pictures and notes about everything I do so that I can write a whole bunch of posts when I get back! Or maybe I'll just do one big consolidated fall break post. We'll see.
Adios, amigos! Until next time.
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