Our plane got delayed a while Friday night and I was SO ready to be back in Sevilla (and not to mention to be DONE with Ryanair and their stupid luggage restrictions FOREVER!---I only had to wear three shirts on the way home!) Finally we made it back and thankfully Sevilla was the perfect cure to my post Canary Island depression...
Sevilla is celebrating Feria this week, which is basically a city-wide party full of flamenco dancing and drinking. Not bad, right?? So there is an entire section of the city dedicated to Feria and it's full of private tents (casetas) where people dress up and dance flamenco and party into the early hours of the morning. Unfortunately, we could only get into the public tents, but it didn't really matter because people literally break out in dance in the middle of the street. Not to mention, Feria is just a beautiful thing to see....The entrada (entrance) is all lights and there are lights hanging all over. It was so fun just to walk around and look at everything..We are such tourists!! After three months I am still amazed by this city every single day.
We went back for a little while yesterday and hit up a public tent to try some manzanilla, a type of sherry typical at Feria. The manzanilla itself was AWFUL. But once you mix it with sprite and make a rebujito it is a little piece of heaven. Feria was definitely one of the coolest things I've seen so far in Sevilla. And there is no doubt that these people know how to party. Woo.
We spent the rest of the day yesterday hanging out with our friends...We are all having slight panic attacks over the fact that we only have 12 days left to do so. We all got dressed up and ready to go to the disco last night (because it was our last Saturday in Sevilla) but apparently the entire rest of the city shuts down during Feria so all the discos were closed. Of course. =/ We ended up spending most of the night at the bar and then took a walk through the city to get some food...in the pouring rain. It was freezing and gross, but so fun nonetheless. I seriously have the funniest friends ever.
And today we actually have to be good students again and finish our final essays of the semester...It is really sad how little work we've done this semester and how out of practice we are at writing. I can't say that I'm mad about it. We have had the best semester of our lives---but I think maybe I'll save the sentimental stuff for another post ;)
As time is winding down at a rapid pace, I am feeling a million different emotions right now:
HAPPY that in 12 days I get to meet Luke Ryan Bos and give a hug and kiss to him and my sweet niece LouLou.
EXCITED to see everyone I've been missing... My parents, siblings, and Blake...and my friends too.
THRILLED to be back in my own bed in my own house and eat my own food. (and by my own, I mean my dad's food!)
NERVOUS to go back to all the things I haven't done in months---staying on a schedule, driving a car, waking up to an alarm clock, NOT going to different countries every weekend...
SAD to leave my friends here. I feel like I've known them forever and I don't know what I'm supposed to do when I can't see them every day.
DISAPPOINTED that I can't walk through this city every day, that I can't drink Sangria on a daily basis, and that I will no longer be able to look at Spanish people, especially the men! They are honestly the most attractive people on the planet. Good thing I have a handsome cowboy waiting for me at home!
HEARTBROKEN that I have to leave my Spanish padres. Not ready to talk about that just yet or I will probably just break down.
Excuse the cliché, but these next twelve days are going to be an absolute roller coaster of emotions. We're just going to try our best and enjoy every second we have left.
Cheers to making the most of it!
The rest of our canary islands pics:
And a few of feria in this album:
Until next time,
Nat
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