Super Bowwwl

Dear Readers,


Haven't posted in a while, mainly because nothing too exciting has been happening due to the last week of our intensive class.  This whole week was basically going to class, walking around the city a little (which is crucial because otherwise waiting 3 hours for lunch is unbearable), eating lunch, doing homework, eating dinner, doing homework, going to sleep, trying to recover from being sick and repeating.  Thank God that is done.  There were a few fun things in there - shopping, meeting friends for coffee, Ruinos Romanos en Italica (Roman ruins), etc.

The Ruinos Romanos were really cool - it was the remains of a city built by the Romans that was preserved from 200BC.  It was also really cool because most of it was underground, but somehow they dug it up so it would be above ground.  It was literally the ruins of a small little city - we could see the remains of houses, the streets and the stadium where the warriors fought to death (the winner was only declared once his opponent was dead).

Everything was original except for the statues which are in a museum in Sevilla and there were really detailed mosaics that were preserved.  We were literally walking through the remains of the city and were told to imagine the parts that weren't there.

So being done with the intensive session was cause for a huge celebration this weekend.  The Packers being in the Super Bowl was also cause for a huge celebration this weekend.  We discovered that the Spanish word for "pre-game" is "botellon" - where people just buy bottles of wine/booze and drink them on the street.  Good thing about Spain is that you can buy a bottle of Franzia-like wine for .69 euro.  We learned in class that the wine here is cheap because Spain has the most vineyards out of any country in Europe but it still the 3rd country in exporting wine (after Italy and France).  Spain also receives money from the government to stimulate wine exportation.  So we got a few bottles of wine and headed to Buddha - a 4 story discoteca.


The lack of eating sweets is getting to be more and more of a problem as the days go by.  Spanish households do believe in having something sweet after every meal - except that usually means fruit or yogurt.  Donde esta el chocolate?!  The smallness of the coffee servings is hard to get used to as well.  The coffee here is very strong so you are only served a little bit.  If you order a "coffee with milk" at a cafe, you basically get a shot of espresso with milk in it.  So for those of us who like to drink coffee not only for the caffeine - problema.  


So now, just resting until PACK ATTACK TIME.  I am VERY sad that I can't be in Wisconsin, let alone America for the game.  I'm so glad they have a venue for me to watch the game at with friends (rather than streaming it online in my room all alone) but it just won't be the same :(  The game starts at 12:30am here - so the first day of regular classes tomorrow should be a fun time.  And of course, Packer gear is one of the two things I forgot to pack...failure.  


I'll probably have more to write now since there will be more time to chill with friends and explore.  Hasta luego amigos!