Allison's Travels

Just wanted to add a little blurb about the Feria. It is a festival here in Spain that lasts a whole week long (which is why we have school off this week and have been able to travel so much). It is basically a week-long party where they dance the Sevillana, eat and drink. They have a ton of tents set up, most of them private, some public.

Me and my friend Amanda walked all around it today and it was so pretty! Funny story, we had been walking only for about 5 minutes seeing everything.. when a reporter came up with his camera man and interviewed us! He started out talking to us in Spanish but then I quickly told him I could do it Spanish :) It was pretty exciting, I just told him how pretty the Feria was, with all the flamenco dresses and horses and carriages everywhere.. not sure if it will air, but I will possibly be on Spanish TV today, so that is pretty cool! We walked by a tent with a bunch of older ladies in it that were all singing flamenco, while two of them were dancing the typical dance here, the Sevillana. We stopped and watched for a while, and when they were done they asked me and Amanda if we wanted to dance with them. We told them we didn't know the dance, but they insisted! So, we ended up dancing with them and learning a few moves. They were really sweet, and complimented us afterwards even though we had no idea what we were doing.

After that, we went to the area called the Calle del Infierno- which translated means 'Hell's Street'. It is funny the call it that because all it is is a bunch of rides. Ferris wheels, merry go rounds... and many more. It is mainly for the kids to enjoy, but there are also rides adults can go on. We didn't do any because it cost money, but we did walk around and see it all. Overall, it has been a really awesome day enjoying this typical Spanish festival... with perfect sunny weather, I might add.
The entrance into Feria