First couple of days!

I've been a few days behind in blogging, so tonight I'm going to write about our apartment and a few of the places we have been.


We were lucky enough to have our apartment just a few blocks away from "El Centro" which is where their are many shops, cafes, bars, etc. Our apartment was just renovated and everything is white. We have two bedrooms, gigantic closets, a balcony, washing machine and a flat screen television! Our kitchen has brand new appliances, a dinner table, the only thing we are missing is an oven--although I was still able to make frozen pizza a few nights ago. Below is a picture of one of the bedrooms. There is also a patio in this room and two desks.

We also have other girls in in the apartment right above us, so it was easy to make new friends! Our program has people from everywhere and we've met local Spaniards as well! We expected the nightlife to be wild, but we have not gone to sleep before 7AM since we have been here! It is definitely something that we will not be able to do all the time, but since class starts tomorrow, we are taking it easy. 

The picture below is of "Las Setas de la Encarnacion." Las setas translates into the mushrooms, which is what the structure looks like. The structure took six years to make and is the worlds largest wooden structure! It is not the size that amazed me, but rather the beauty. The picture cannot caption how amazing it is. For 1 euro, you can go to the top and see the entire view of the city of Seville!  

Las setas, for short, are about three minutes from my apartment, and right next to a lot of the shops and cafes. We went to a cafe which has amazing coffee, milkshakes, etc. Below is a picture of the tasty dessert. They also have an amazing banana milkshake with chocolate sauce and whipped cream! 

Before I came, I was told the city has an abundant of oranges, but every tree is either an orange tree or palm tree! On our walk to class, there is a street which has orange tree after orange tree.

Unfortunately the day of the bike tour around the entire city of Seville, I forgot my camera, but below are some pictures I have taken from exploring the city!