Orientation? ...Check!

So the orientation stage has come and gone, and I have had the chance to learn a lot more about the city of Sevilla. Probably the most fun thing that we did during orientation has was the photo-scavenger hunt. Me and the three others on my team roamed the city looking for different sites... El Museo de Bellas Artes, La Campana (which was actually a street instead of an actual bell, very helpful to know when searching for it), Las Columnas de Hércules, La Plaza de América, among others. It was such an adventure trying to find all of these areas with one map (and slightly cheating with Catherine's iphone GPS). We walked a total of 8 hrs that day! I have walked more in the past 7 days than I have in the last several years, it is exhausting and awesome at the same time! It is a lot different to go out for a walk when you know that each time will be different and you will see something new and exciting that takes your breath away. Sounds cheesy, but if you were here with me you would understand... everyone is so beautiful, I just can't get over it!


At the end of the day, all of the groups got together at the school and viewed all the pictures along with some churros and chocolate. Honestly I was a little disappointed over these churros, because they didn't have any delicious cream on the inside like they do it in Costa Rica. Oh well, churros are churros :) After all pictures were viewed and points were added up... we won! Our prize was a free trip to the movies, including refreshments... Score! If you know me, you know I love movies... so you can imagine my excitement when I heard the prize :) Ha, oh yeah. Another funny thing that happened during our night-time get together was that Jonathan didn't show up until the winner was announced. His afternoon siesta went a little overboard, if you know what I'm saying.. and he slept right through it! I called him before we starting looking at the pictures, but unfortunately he didn't make it in time. I guess it goes to show: you snooze, you lose! 

Our group (minus Catherine) Emily on the left, Michelle on the right

Today we went to The Cathedral for Church. That's right, The Cathedral... the 3rd largest Cathedral in the world! Which is just as equally beautiful on the inside then it is on the outside! It was suprisingly short and a cool experience. Next week we will probably try going to a closer, smaller church.

Still getting used to being blatantly stared at everywhere I go from all the Spaniards. It's kind of hard to blend in when you are a feet above everyone else.. even in a huge crowd! lol. However, we did give some lost Spanish speaking people instructions to get to a street nearby.. I think that gives us Spaniard points, right?


School starts tomorrow! I am looking forward to seeing what the classes will be like. I am taking Art, Literature, Advanced Grammar, and Tres Culturas, and I don't start until 10 AM.. which is pretty awesome! Well, I guess that's all for now... enjoy the pictures!