Serenaded in Sevilla

The past few days I've been feeling a little under the weather, with a majorly stuffy head and a little bit of a cough I just wasn't feeling posting on the blog, I tried but ultimately I was just uninspired. However, after a few days of sleeping a ton, and drinking lots of water I'm feeling great! Crisis averted.

I had my first test this past Friday, my "midterm" after just a week, a little silly if you ask me. I think it went well though. It was four parts; two essays, fill-in-the-blank and then an oral presentation. Shockingly, my oral presentation went very well, my professor seemed to like what I had to say and my partner and I spoke well together. The test focused on assessing our grasp on the past tenses, it was mostly review so it wasn't too bad. Friday night I just stayed in and slept, as I was trying to keep a cold at bay. It felt nice to sleep in and Pantera cuddled my feet. 

Today was much more eventful, I slept in until about eleven. Then I got up and went for a run by the river. This is my new favorite place to be on Saturdays, there are always so many people to distract me while I run and there is the perfect amount of breeze and shade to keep it at perfect running temperature. I somehow managed to get lost on my run today though... Not sure how because I ran twenty minutes one way, turned around and started running back the way I came, but after about ten minutes I knew something wasn't right. So I wandered around the city for about half an hour before I finally found my way home, it was a little scary but I have a pretty decent grasp on the city so I knew what general direction I needed to head in. 

My Señora had a big plate of pasta waiting for me when I got home, which was perfect because I slept through breakfast and had expended way more energy than I had planned on my run. Then I relaxed, caught up on some reading for school and made plans for the night. My Señora was worried that I didn't have friends because I didn't "salir" or "go out" on Friday night, so I explained to her that I hadn't been feeling well, so she then decided it was okay. I thought it was cute that she worried about how I was fitting in here though. Then at dinner she also told me that I was very tan and looked Andalusian aka Spanish, which I took as a compliment. 

Later that night I met up with my friend Allison and we decided to explore Triana. Triana is a neighborhood of Sevilla, similar to Centro (where I live), but it is much more trendy and up and coming. We had a nice time just walking around and catching up, I haven't seen her much since orientation, so that was fun! We made our way through Triana walking by the river which is gorgeous at night. While we were walking we wanted someone to take our picture in front of the Puente de Triana, which is how we met Juan Ramón. He is a student at the Universidad de Sevilla, and is studying marketing, he was very nice and not overly forward or anti-american as some Sevillanos can be.  After taking our picture Juan seranaded us with his guitar, he played Oasis and Beatles songs. He was actually very good, and it was cute when he tried to sing in English. After throughly exploring the riverfront of Triana, we headed back into Centro. We had some café at nearly 1 am, but that is how they do things here! Then we were both tired so we headed home, but I had a great time exploring Sevilla. 

Puente de Triana

Me and the Puente de Triana

Me and Juan

Me and Allison with Juan's guitar

Me and Allison exploring!