sevilla

we leave in the morning for sevilla, which is a city about 2 hours away by bus. we are going with our program, and a few of my friends and i are staying the weekend in hostels there. ill be back midday sunday your time.

the best part is that katie ollis is flying in from rome to visit me in sevilla and then return to cordoba with me... where she will eat with my family on monday and go to school with me.

my mom is coming out the last week of april right before i leave for morroco.

i packed lightly for ireland, i should probably start looking at packing for sevilla, seeing as i leave in a matter of hours.

a man thought i was italian tonight. must have been my sweet dance moves. its really easy to ignore creepy people when you speak english and they have no idea you understand spanish. really easy and quick way to end a conversation.

a few friends have had family or friends pass away while we are here. its really sad and it makes me worried. i hope you are all okay and doing well. i miss you very much.

i found a mexican food aisle at the grocery store. and POMEGRANATES. in spanish, they are called GRANADA... which is the city I was in last month. fate. i love pomegranates. I figure when I get a good grade on a test I will reward myself with one as they are still imported here from India, but a bit expensive. I DID cave and get burgerking today... I just missed american food.

marie carmen has been stressed lately as her students all had 2 major tests this week in math and thus she has had class from 930-2 and 4-10 every night this past week and a half, INCLUDING the weekend... i think ill bring her flowers to hopefully cheer her up.

sergio picked out my outfit for me the other day... and people were like 'hey jamee, you actually got dressed today' and all i can say is that i can barely keep up with american fashion, i am so lucky to have sergio so i dont stand out completely like an american.

by the way, i miss my dogs way too much. when we go to the park we play with puppies and it makes me so happy. there are a lot of 'american' things i miss.... like not having to carry toilet paper with me everywhere... or coffee to go... or english...


the orange trees (which are EVERYWHERE here) are starting to blossom, and the smell brightens my day. you dont realize how much you miss somethign until you stumble upon it here. like mexican food and pita bread.

oh. and i found REAL tortillas. but here they are called tortillitas mejicanas. or somethign like that. because a tortilla here is a weird potato onion omelet. its delicious, but i was tired of asking for AMERICAN TORTILLAS and being given pancakes... MEJICANA TORTILLITAS only come in corn flavor... so glad i like it.

AND I FOUND BROWNIE MIX and it says on the package PRODUCT OF THE UNITED STATES. i have never been more proud.