beautiful weekend

Finally!  A stretch of days without rain! And on the weekend!  It was fabulous.  I don't have classes on Fridays so I will be getting very used to the idea of three day weekends.  This past weekend was incredibly relaxing.  I stayed in Sevilla so it was nice to just wander around and explore the city.  I am going to Carnaval this coming Saturday.  It's basically an intense combination of Madison's Halloween and Mardi Gras. Yeah... I know it sounds insane.  Basically we are going at around 8 on Saturday night, staying up all night, and getting back on the bus at 4 in the morning to come back to Sevilla.  I'll definitely let you know how that goes.  So, I have been searching for a costume all weekend.  I have yet to find one because I dont want to spend a ton of money, nor do I want to be dressed in very few clothes.  Saturday I went to the other side of Sevilla called Nervion.  I actually have a class there now in the business school.  Chrisy and I walked and it ended up taking much less time than we had originally planned.  We were on a mission for flats (the all are patent leather, snakeskin print, or severe pointy toes)  but did not end up finding any.  Nervion has a big shopping center that's three stories with restaurants, a movie theatre, stores, etc.  We decided to try out the bus system on the way home in order to make it for dinner (and we just didn't feel like walking.)  The bus we took went in a HUGE loop around the city in order to link Nervion to Triana.  It was fun to see a lot of the city that I had not yet been through.

Sunday morning I woke up bright and early to go hiking.  It was a perfect day.  It was very pretty and I took a lot of nature pictures.  But as always, the pictures don't do it justice.  It was a fun hike though. Very steep in parts and there were a ton of rocks in the path, which made looking around at the scenery quite difficult at times. 

Monday I started my one new class (European Economics) which I LOVEEEEE.  I have the same professor for two classes, and I am not ashamed to tell you I have a small inkling of a crush on him.  

Not much new today (Tuesday) I had another new class (Three Cultures) and the professor is much better than the other guy I had at first (Sorry Jessica and Chrisy)

I think that's about all for now.  I just heard Maria walk in the door and I am hoping for an early dinner...

Oh! Before I forget.  Nicole is slightly sick, and last night I told Maria and she got all worried.  It was very funny because she gets VERY motherly.  And in the middle of the night, Nicole woke up coughing and I (in my sleep) go "Que paso?!"  (for all you non Spanish speakers "WHat happened?!")  So I now am not only talking in my sleep, I am talking in Spanish.

More soon. 

Love 

franny