Saturday, January 10, 2009

¡Fútbol!

Today has been interesting, and it has been a long day! We got up this morning around 8:30, and the morning did not start well haha. Esteban took the first shower and accidentally turned the water too hot which more or less drained the rather small hot water heater that is in the house haha so he finished his shower in the cold. I gave it a few minutes because I didn't realize he had drained it and then I jumped in the shower, and who knew I could take such a short shower haha. The hot water lasted for a grand total of like a minute and a half which meant i wet my hair and washed off my body just in time for the water to turn cold. And given that it was like 35 outside and the bathroom doesnt have heat, there was no way I was stayin in there to wash my hair. After that amazing experience we met up with Laura y Kali and walked to the Hotel Alcazar, the place where we stayed for our first nite here. The whole group met up there and we had a scavenger hunt in order to help us learn our way around sevilla and to learn where different things are. It was freezing!! It was in the upper thirties, and there was a lovely cutting wind. End of story, I need to buy a scarf haha! After that I went with Christie and Elisa to help them find somewhere to buy a phone, which took a little while because there was supposed to be a store with all the different providers but we couldn't find it. We went to to El Corte Ingles which is kinda like Walmart. We found the plans for like 3 or 4 different providers and they decided on the one they wanted and then we went to the movistar store (the provider they chose) because it was cheaper than buying it at El Corte Ingles. Then we walked back to Triana (where they live) and then I walked back to Los Remedios. Our senora was home(she didn't get in til 3AM last night, which was much later than us haha) and she was very grateful for the chocolate that we got her for her birthday!! Which meant, that since I was the first one home, i got lots of kisses on the cheek haha. This is kinda like shaking hands for them which is rather hard to get used to, but i'm getting there. After that I just hung out in the room and waited for lunch because we didn't have breakfast this morning because we were running late. I got back to the house around 2:45 and Esteban got back a little after three but our senora was worried because we weren't together. Around three she called him to make sure that he was ok lol and he was right around the corner. When he got home we had lunch which was AMAZING!!!!! We had fried chicken but different from fried chicken en the united states. It had ham and chees inside the chicken and it was INCREDIBLE!!!! we also had fried ham and cheese which was also incredible! I had two of those. We had a salad that consisted of some beans, oil, vinegar, tomatoes and onions. It was good also!! As always we had fresh bread and water. Then we had some birthday cake which was also amazing!! It tasted a little bit like cotton candy! After that we took a nap! Siestas are amazing!! We slept for like two hours. We just got back from a bar right down the street from the house where we watched the first half of the Sevilla FC game against Deportivo La Coruna. We came back because we needed to come back and tell our senora that we were going out with some friends for tapas later and we wouldn't be eating dinner at the house. Right now Sevilla is winning the game 2-1 in the 82nd minute! Hopefully they will win!! Well we are about to go out for tapas with Laura and Kali. Adios! Hasta luego!!

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