I have been in Sevilla now for about a week and love everything about it. The city is beautiful, with amazing buildings and cathedrals, tasty food, and friendly people. I have settled into my home stay with a Senora named Consuelo who a little outspoken, very structured and has a knack for arguing as I learned most Spaniards do. It's unfortunate I don't know enough Spanish to hold a long fluent conversation with her but we do manage plus its great practice and we have talked about several important things affecting Spain right now. One really big thing is all the protests going on in Barcelona because of the budget. I'm not entirely sure of the details but want to look into that more because it seems really interesting and everyone seems to have an opinion on it. School has just started as well and is going great. My teacher is awesome and makes everything really fun and our first assignment is to interview Spanish locals and see how they feel about the bull fights. I just learned that they actually kill the bull during the fight and can now see why this would be a very controversial topic. I'm excited to see how these interviews go and to hear the different views. As for the research that I am going to be doing here, I have received the contact information for four different non-governmental organizations here in Sevilla and am creating an email template with all the information they may need to see if they would be willing to work with me. I want to get that out very soon and start conducting my research. Hopefully everything goes well and I can get everyone cooperation.
Cool places in Spain that we visited include Cordoba and the cathedral here in Sevilla. Both were beautiful and I am so lucky to get to experience all that I am and will on this trip. This weekend we are going to Granada and already started planning for a Lagos and Morocco trip!
I'm going to try to blog at least twice, maybe three times a week to make sure I document all that I can. Now it's time for a siesta!
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