I forgot I came here to study...

Since being here in Sevilla we have had opportunities to tour all of the major sightseeing spots for free, so why not?!  Italica was the first place we went to.  We walked around looked at ruins of an old city.  It actually was pretty interesting, especially because we only toured the newer part of the city.  The old part is actually underneath a smaller town now.  These houses were enormous, the whole family lived together so I would hope so.  We also saw an old gladiator ring and I sent Charlie a postcard of where they used to keep the lions and such.  

I also went to La Catedral, which is the 3rd largest in the world.  Walking in was breathtaking.  Everything was so intricate and HUGE.  I decided to take a picture where the priests used to sit to convene.    

This past week regular semester classes started.  I only have two classes every day (for about an hour and a half to two hours each) Monday through Thursday.  No friday classes, which is perfect for traveling purposes.  At the end of the week I switched two of my four classes.  They are letting me take a class at the business school because that is where their economics department is.  But it's at least an hour walk from my house, which means I need to figure out the bus...  So, now my four classes are Three Cultures (Christian, Jewish, and Muslim), Contemporary Spanish Economic History, Transition to democracy, and European Economy.  It will be nice because taking two econ classes here (which will most likely be easier) means I only have I think two more to take to finish the major!  I switched into a different three cultures class, which kind of sucks because Jessica, Chrisy, and Jillian are all in it, but it was the only way to take an extra econ course.  Besides, our professor is so bizarre.  He never actually acknowledged that he is talking to a room full of students.  And when he talks he covers his mouth a lot, but continues talking so all you hear is a muffled Spanish man trying to teach a bunch of Americans.  I hope my new professor is better, but you never know.  

The weather here is finally starting to get nicer.  It has been  "unusually cold and rainy" to the point where I have heard multiple Senoras apologizing for it.  I'm staying in Sevilla this weekend and on Sunday morning I'm going hiking (Cath thinks the concept of me hiking is hilarious.  When I told her she goes "Hiking?! Like outside?!" Have some faith.)  

I'll let you all know how that goes.

Love

Franny