Forgot a little bit of school news. I have taken two tests so far.. Art and Grammar. Got an A in grammar! and haven't gotten my art test back yet but I think I did pretty well. So, if some of you are thinking I am just having a vacation over here and no work.. think again! although, yes... there is hardly any homework, and it is pretty easy.. it's still work though, right? lol.

In my literature class on Valentine's day we were supposed to write our own poems. This is what I came up with:
Las Rosas son rojas,
Las Violetas azul,
Es un día muy especial,
Solo faltas tú.

For someone who doesn't like to write at all.. I was pretty proud of this! :) ...I will leave you with a picture taken on the Día de los Enamorados.

Already a month here? ... That's totes redic!

I think the biggest news from this week (that has nothing to do with me being in Spain) is that I finished reading the Hunger Games!! I won't talk about it too much because I don't want to spoil it for anyone.. but I loved them! Now I need to get a new book to read... it gives me something to do while I am sitting in my room at night with no internet. 


Last night instead of going to the normal youth service at the Iglesia Bautista in Sevilla Este, we joined with a few other churches in the City Center for an outreach event for the people living in the streets. Everyone brought food and or a coat/gloves, we divided up into groups and went to different areas of the city. My group went along the river and also down the República Argentina which is one of the main streets between two big areas here, the Remedios and Triana (which is where I live). Suprisingly we only found one homeless guy when we were on our way back. We started talking to him and listening to a little bit of his story. He was kind of hard to understand because he spoke mainly in Portuguese, but it was really cool to be able to witness to him through his basic necessities, and also just by listening to him and letting him know that we care. One of the guys in my group, David, had actually been to Costa Rica a few times, and we were able to talk a little about it as we were walking (Salsa Lizano, Gallo pinto, etc) ... which made me realize how much I really miss that place :(


Anyways, in other news... Today we went to church and then at around 4 we played ultimate frisbee with some of the people we met last night. I had never technically played ultimate before, so I wasn't sure how it would go.. but it ended up being a lot of fun! It was so sunny and such a perfect day to play also. I am hoping we will play again soon. 

We have a four day weekend coming up, and I am going with a few friends to Granada to see the Alhambra among other things. I am so excited! Well, that's it for now.. love you guys!

Carmona

Today was a very eventful day. I went to a small town called Carmona along with six other Acento students and friends that I have made here. It was so much fun!! We left on the bus at around 12:30 and the ride only took about 30 mins. Once we got there, we didn’t really know where to go. But we did see a cool tower looking thing a few blocks away and figured that would be a good place to start. (on the left in the picture below)

Once we got there, we saw that in behind it was a huge castle… so naturally we investigated that. We tend to be drawn towards the more extraordinary things, even though we have no idea what they are, or if they are actually important or just somebody’s house.

Anyways, we went up to it and found out at the information desk that it is called the Alcazar de Carmona, which basically means an old palace. The cost was only one euro for students to go up and look around, so we did! It was amazing… SO beautiful! Well, most of it just looked like ruins of an old castle… but the best part of it all was the view! It was incredible! See for yourself ;)

After eating lunch in the spacious sunny area pictured above, we left the Alcazar to check out the rest of the city. We had heard from Jonathan and his previous trip to Carmona that they have a tourist route marked by arrows on the floor that we could follow. Once we found it, we just followed it the rest of the day and were able to see some pretty cool sites!

 That's all for now!

Hello all! I'm back and have I have some exciting news! We went to Córdoba today! We left at about 8 and loaded up the bus for the 2 hour drive. I was really excited about this trip because one of the things we were going to see was the huge Mezquita (Mosque) they have there. The same mezquita that we have been studying every inch of in our art class. It was really cool to actually see everything ourselves instead of just seeing pictures in our classroom, and we were able to appreciate it a lot more having studied it before-hand. 

 The trip to Córdoba was such a blast and I can't wait until our next one to Toledo!!