Hello friends! Hope you have enjoyed some pictures from our recent trips and SB's post about how amazing God is! Just thought I would expand on our adventures with a few stories that we thought y'all might enjoy :)
1. It is true. Spaniard men are much more outgoing than American. In this instance, not in a good way. The other night we were waiting in Plaza Nueva to meet up with some friends to hang out. SB was standing near the bike lane. A 12-year old boy rode by on his bike and smacked SB on the butt and just rode on by. It made a really loud noise. We all froze in shock. It was hilarious. Definitely a memorable moment of the trip for all of us.
2. This past weekend we went to Cordoba and Granada. Both beautiful places. If you ever venture to Spain, please visit both because you will love it! There, we saw lots of old, gorgeous buildings like you saw in the pictures below. There are also lots of gypsies in both these places. As we were walking through the streets, we were bombarded by women to by herbs or to plainly give them money. If we said no, they would follow us and grab our arms. They were quite difficult to pass by. Also, many had little babies with them when out and about doing their business. Therefore, the peas have come to one conclusion: we are either heartless or these gypsies are very smart at their job. Who knows? We sure don't!
3. On our way to and from Cordoba and Granada, we passed through a site that I will never forget. Fields upon fields of sunflowers. Absolutely incredible. Being from Texas, I have seen my share of sunflowers, but only here and there on the side of the road or highway. Nothing like this though. The sunflowers looked as if they stretched on for miles and miles. What a perfect image of God's beauty! We were in awe of His creation. It was so gorgeous and an amazing sight to see. We tried to capture some photos but none did it justice of its beauty, so you will just have to trust our judgement.
4. Flamenco: we LOVE it! It is pretty much a mix between salsa, step, and tap dancing. But it is SO cool. In the past few days, we have been to two flamenco show. The women are so sassy, and the singers so passionate about their song. It is very enjoyable to watch. We heard about this like underground flamenco club in Sevilla the other night. Since we were unsure of the location, we all were meandering throughout the streets to try and find it at 10:30 at night. Finally, after many lefts and rights in narrow streets, we see this red door opened and some men standing outside it. We ask each other if this is the place? The men responded to our question that was not directed towards them by saying "Oh, yes, this is it!". We all kind of looked at each other as a man offered to take us inside. For about two minutes, we all were thinking this was it. We are about to be abducted. Goodbye family and life as we know it. He takes us through this room and finally we see a crowd of people. Relief fell upon us. Close call. You could say we are a little too trusting. Sheltered much?
5. The other night, we participated in an "intercambios", which is pretty much where we meet locals and they show us the hotspots of Sevilla. Like where all the good restaurants and hang outs are. This was right after class for us, so we had to walk around all night with our backpacks on. We already look like we are 13, so the backpacks did not help much for our maturity. We went to restaurants and local spots where cool Spaniards were hanging out with our backpacks on. They tried to persuade us to go dancing, but that would just be plain awkward and a huge obstacle on the dance floor.
So, there's a few stories from our time here. Hope you enjoy! More to come, I'm sure!
peas and blessings,
catherine
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