SEVILLA! y observaciónes.

hello everyone... this time i´m in Sevilla! It´s crazy, all the traveling and stuff, but now I´m here for awhile. I have to pick up and move to the hotel for the beginning of my program, and then to the place I´ll be living while I´m here, and then I get to stay put for a month! I really enjoy the traveling around and stuff, but I admit I brought too much and so it´s hard to lug it all around :) haha. I´m really excited to be here, the city looks great so far! The hostal we stayed at in Granada was called the Oasis, and now we´re at the Oasis in Sevilla, so it´s pretty cool. It´s brand new and REALLY REALLY nice - when I think of a hostal I don´t think of white marble floors and rooftop pools, but there you have it. :) The really exciting part, though, is that some of my friends from Granada will be here! I´m psyched. Also... JERRY IS HERE! not at the hostal, but in town somewhere. (Jerry is a friend from Lechner... He´s going to be here the entire time I´m here doing an internship... I´m so excited to see a friend from home!!) Hopefully I´ll get to see him soon. I know there is so much more to tell about the last couple of days in Granada and everything... but I cannot think right now! So instead I´ll leave you with some of my observations on Spain and do the more comprehensive update later...

Observaciónes:
* Spaniards love their ice cream! You would never see so many people in business suits walking around with ice cream cones in the US. Also: I think Nestle is trying to take over the world, starting with ice cream stands on every corner in Spain. They´re like Starbucks in Seattle.
* MULLETS EVERYWHERE! I´m serious: I think I might have warned the world previously about the new "trend" we saw in Madrid (fauxhawk on top and a little bit long in back... ack!) but Granada was infinately worse with the insane numbers of mullets... and these weren´t your typical, run of the mill mullets - these things were intense! I´m talkin shaved head except for the row of dredlocks coming out of the bottom of the head, and other such ridiculousness. Intense, i tell you. (like camping!!!!!!!)
* These people run on a VERY differnet schedule than us! Besides the fact that they eat dinner at about 9:30 or so at night, the night life really picks up around 2 or 3. It´s crazy! We went out last night to this really amazing flamenco place that wasn´t a touristy place, it was where the locals go. It was a tiny little cave-like bar and there were just these local guys playin guitar and singing... it was amazing! But it didn´t start going until about 2:30, and by then I was falling asleep! I need to get better at this.
* Tapas rock. You order a drink (any drink - beer, pop, wine, etc) and you get free food! it´s perfect. Oh, and Sangria rocks too.


Okay, that´s it for now. Yall have a great day and let me know what´s going on with you!!!!

Kelly :)