The Spanish Einstein.

Hola! It's been a long, fun day. But first I'll tell you about last night. We started out the night in a huge group, exploring the city for bars and fun... half the group ended up at a little bar and we toasted with sangria (which was super sweet and tasty) and chatted about our home universidades. It's everyone's goal to speak español todo el tiempo but it's pretty difícil to start. The group met back up (the other half ended up at a tex-mex saloon, complete with beer pong--which is where we decided we will watch the Super Bowl) and then we explored the streets of Sevilla some more. Later on, some of the group ended up at this bar that we all thought was a church at first. Once we walked in we realized it was a super auténtico bar Sevillano. It was a hotspot for Spanish flamenco singers and dancers and after getting some Agua de Sevilla (a really strong drink of mixed liquor, whipped cream, and nutmeg which I thought was super tasty) we danced and clapped along with the natives. One of the men who sang literally had the voice of an ángel, at least that's what Leann told him ;)... another guy was an 88 yr old man who looked like a Spanish Einstein and was super cómico when he sang... I knew we had a good group of students when I looked over and two of our girls were Flamenco dancing like it was their job and we were all clapping along like we were natives too. Ahhhh this country/city is too great.
Today we had a meeting about all our program stuff and then we went on a bus tour, which was fun, but after getting back to the hotel at 3 am we were all ready for siestas by noon. Instead of just crashing at the hotel, we went for lunch where I got my first plate of paella in Spain. It was deliciosa! Then we spent probably 12 hours (okay, that's exaggerating, but not by much) in the cell phone store and we all got some real old-school phones for our stay here. THEN we got to have our long-anticipated siestas. Natalie (my hotel roomie) and I slept from about 4 until 8. Dinner was salad, salmon, and ice cream for dessert... more deliciousness! We didn't head out for the night until about midnight, where we stumbled (not literally, don't worry) upon a P. Flarrity's Bar, crawling with Americanos and other Europeans. We made some French and Dutch friends who were pretty guapo and borracho (goodlooking and drunk), but we didn't get too loco because Jesús was there, watching over all of us (literally, a statue of Jesus stood in a window of this bar).
It's really time for bed now, even though that siesta could probably last Natalie and I another 3 hours...
Until next time... ciao bellas!