Living la vida loca

I know I haven't written in a while (over a week!) but I have just been so busy. As you all know, Liz came to visit me!!!! I had a blast last weekend. It was so nice to have my roommate again, even for only a few days. So she arrived on Wednesday night (well technically very early Thursday morning) The Sevilla Airport website said that Liz's plane was early so I decided to go down to the lobby of my apartment building to wait for her. I went down around midnight but she didn't actually get there until almost 1 am. I was so nervous because she had no way to contact me and I had no idea when her flight came in (it was delayed, thanks for lying to me, Sevilla Airport website!!) But she finally made it and I was just soooo excited!! My senora was so cute the whole time Liz was here. Even though it was 1 am, she wanted to make sure I asked Liz if she wanted anything to eat because she would cook something if she was hungry. Thursday was kind of a yucky day. It rained. All day. (Have I mentioned that I HATE THE RAIN? Well, I do.) Also, I had class all day. I hope Liz wasn't too bored!! But Thursday night we went out for tapas with some girls and had a blast despite the pouring rain and that we were soaked. Friday morning we slept in and woke up to A SUNNY DAY!! I was confused at first seeing as the sun has been non-existent here in southern Spain even though it's supposed to always be sunny here. But anywayyy...we decided to go shopping on Friday because well, I love shopping and because Liz wanted to take advantage of the lovely rebajas (sales) here. We also met up with Lindsay and had some yummy frozen yogurt. Friday night we went out for drinks at my favorite place, La Plaza del Salvador, where a glass of tinto de verano is only 1 euro. Lindsay met up with us then too and then we got churros!! I don't think I have laughed as much as we did that night. So much fun! On Saturday it was another gorgeous day so I brought Liz to La Plaza de Espana, one of my favorite places here in Sevilla. And we also climbed to the top of Giralda in La Catedral, my favorite building here in Sevilla. I absolutely love the view from the top. That night we met up with one of Liz's friends who's actually studying in France this semester and was visiting Sevilla at the same time. I brought them to the bar where they have free flamenco, but I guess it's only Friday nights or we were too late, because there was no flamenco dancer :( But we just ended up getting coffee and tea at a cafe which was fun. Sunday was kind of rainy but we still met up with Lindsay in La Plaza Nueva. We sat on benches and people watched all afternoon. It was actually very entertaining. And then we got the most delicious hot chocolate I've ever tasted. That night we just relaxed because we had to get up very early Monday morning to go to the bus station. It was such a great weekend full of laughter, good food, funny jokes, and just good times. I just wish she could've stayed longer, like for the rest of the semester. But no, she had to go back to France, I guess she likes the language or something?? :)

Tomorrow we leave for London!!! Well, tomorrow we are taking a bus at 1 am to Madrid and then flying out to London on Friday. I am so excited!! This is my first big trip while I'm here and I just can't wait to explore London. I realize it's going to be quite a bit colder there (the temperatures are still like winter there whereas today here in Sevilla, it feels like summer), but Lindsay and I have so much planned, I don't think we'll have enough time to feel the cold. I can't wait!!! We don't have class on Monday so a bunch of people are traveling this weekend. It's such a great opportunity. It's going to be so much fun!! I love being in Europe where it's so easy to travel to other countries. What a life! :)