a weekend in Sevilla

so after several weeks i finally managed to spend a weekend in sevilla! granted, i didnt do much, but it was nice being here all the same.

on saturday night we literally walked all over town trying to get into clubs. we wanted to try out more spanish places. but unfortunately everywhere had private parties. seriously they were super serious about not letting people in who werent on the list. they were even rejecting spaniards. so we just ended up at buddha, our usual spot, again. but buddha´s always a good time, so hey, if its not broke don´t fix it. we went out for our friend´s birthday so i felt bad we couldnt get in someplace new. but as long as he had a good time, thats all that matters.

on sunday my friend magen and i decided to explore sevilla. the first thing we did was walk down a market next to our houses. guys, this market was one of the best things i´ve seen in my life. it was a market of puppies. i am not even kidding. it was like i had died and gone to heaven. then we got coffee and walked to the plaza de espana, which is a building in the middle of the parque de maria luisa that was built for the 1929 world fair. it was a huge, tiled, horseshoe shaped building. now its a government building so you cant go in, but you can see the main part. on the ground there are tiled niches for different parts of spain. i took a picture in the barcelona one. plus, its in the middle of this giant park with twisty trees and toooons of greenery and small paths that are suprisingly easy to get lost in. after we explored for a sold 3 hours magen and i went for tapas which were either the best or the second best tapas i´ve had here. its hard to tell because the tapas here are always super delicious. i got espinacas con garbanzos. yes i, ginny the notorious bean hater, have been broken. i now eat beans. well some´beans at least.

everyone should be glad to hear that my spanish is improving. i now can really tell just how much i suck. which is actually an improvement, odd as it sounds. but i´m getting better at conversing with sevillanos which is so much fun, because the people here are amazing. they are so chill, and accomodating. plus, they are more than happy to help with whatever you need. for my spanish class i just had to interview 5 sevillanos and ask them 10 questions about themselves, and all 5 were more than happy to do so. i think they enjoyed it even more than i did.

now you might be thinking, jeez ginny ramble much? well let me tell you: i have an hour and a half between classes today and honestly get super bored. this is the side-effect, and you just have to put up with it. or you could stop reading. but i´d appreciate it if you didn´t.