My senora is such a good cook and I'm really full right now

Yesterday we went to the Alcazar (in Sevilla). It is a royal palace that is still used by the royal family in Spain as something of a summer home. It had beautiful tropical gardens and I was blown away by the complexity of the tile mosaics on the walls and ceilings. It was a moorish building with a lot of Christian religious paintings and actually, the kingdom of heaven movie was filmed there. We had our grammar class in the afternoon which was a little more helpful than the first day.

The night before, we were sitting at a Tapas bar and a guy in a University of Florida shirt walked by and we started chomping and asking him where he was from. Anyway, he's from Sevilla but he visited UF and said he went to Ginnie Springs and had the best time in Gainesville. He was handing out fliers for a beer pong tournament which was happening at a local bar near la calle betis. So last night, only because he had a florida gators shirt ;) we decided to check out the tournament. Sarah, Jon, and I walked to the bar, Fundicion, but we didn't see anyone so we wandered a little further down the street. Some guy handed us a flier that said sangria gratis para las mujeres y un chupito gratis para todos (free sangria for ladies and one free shot for everyone) so we followed the labyrinth of side streets to find the bar. It was 11:30 at this point which is ridiculously early in Spain. People here don't go out until much later. So anyway, we had some free sangria, and Sarah was talking with this Spanish guy and we were practicing our Spanish with the bartenders. Eventually we met up with the group at the Fundicion bar, which was a lot of fun. We danced and I talked to a bunch of people in Spanish--I probably sound like a 2 year old trying to learn how to talk but nobody can say i didn't try. A lot of them also like to practice their English so we go back and forth.

Today, I booked a flight to Rome for 80 Euros, which was a really good deal. Sarah, Sam, Jonathan, and I are going Nov. 23-25. Sarah and I are looking into other travels around Spain and Europe. This weekend, we're going either to Tarifa or Cadiz which are in the south and are known for their beaches.