Nothing too noteworthy has happened the past few days, so I thought this would be a good time to post some pictures of my apartment, the university, and other places I visit frequently. Basically, today's entry will be a virtual tour of the areas of Seville I spend time in.
First of all, here is my room (before Cara arrived and I put my clothes away in the closet). Cara has an identical bed on the opposite side of the room from mine and there's a desk off to the right of the picture.
And here's the entrance to my apartment building:
The building faces a parking lot which is perpendicular to the roads on either side, so I have 3 keys (one for the parking lot area, one to get into the building, and a third to get into the actual apartment). Here's a picture of the road I live on. Notice the orange trees everywhere! They're ornamental so I can't eat those oranges, but there are plenty of other tasty oranges around. :-)
And here's one of the roads that I walk on to get to the university and the JYS office. You can see the university on the left and there are lots of cafes and other stores on the right. A trolley goes down the middle of the road. By March, the trolley supposed to go almost all the way to my apartment.
If I continue on that street, I arrive at Puerta de Jerez:
If you turn to the left at Puerta de Jerez, you get to the JYS office and the river. If you go right, you end up on la Avenida de la constitucion. That is the main tourist area and there are a ton of cafes, bars with tapas, shops, and tourist sites. The cathedral is a couple blocks up that street:
It's been cloudy the past few days, so a lot of these pictures would be nicer if the sun was out. On Sunday afternoon, Natalie and I wandered around near the cathedral because the streets are really confusing there, and I wanted to try to learn my way around. A little ways from the cathedral, we passed a pastry shop with lemon tarts for 2 euros, so of course I had to try one.
And every set of pictures needs one of me eating, so here it is. It was windy.
Unfortunately, the tart was really sweet and not overly flavorful, but it was worth a try. One other thing I love about Europe is the way ridiculously old buildings are standing in the middle of modern roads. Here's a part of a Roman aqueduct in the middle of the street that Natalie and I took back to our neighborhood.
This road takes you to a big avenue with El Corte Ingles (a huge department store - it has 6 floors!) and a shopping center. It even has an ice skating rink and a huge movie theater. Behind the shopping center is the soccer stadium for Sevilla FC. I'm hoping to go to a game soon. Unfortunately tomorrow night's game against Real Madrid is sold out (and ridiculously expensive), but I'm planning on going to a bar after class to watch it. Here's a picture of the stadium a couple days ago when there was another game:
And those are the places (besides the park Maria Luisa and the inside of the JYS office) where I go most often. Hope you enjoyed this brief tour!
First of all, here is my room (before Cara arrived and I put my clothes away in the closet). Cara has an identical bed on the opposite side of the room from mine and there's a desk off to the right of the picture.
And here's the entrance to my apartment building:
The building faces a parking lot which is perpendicular to the roads on either side, so I have 3 keys (one for the parking lot area, one to get into the building, and a third to get into the actual apartment). Here's a picture of the road I live on. Notice the orange trees everywhere! They're ornamental so I can't eat those oranges, but there are plenty of other tasty oranges around. :-)
And here's one of the roads that I walk on to get to the university and the JYS office. You can see the university on the left and there are lots of cafes and other stores on the right. A trolley goes down the middle of the road. By March, the trolley supposed to go almost all the way to my apartment.
Here's one of the four entrances to the university. Up until the 50's, it was a tobacco factory. The factory even had a moat and a jail! (We went on a tour of the university today, so I learned some random facts about it in addition to the location of a couple of the many libraries and other places I should know about.)
If I continue on that street, I arrive at Puerta de Jerez:
Here's Natalie and Cara (my roommate) in front of the fountain at night. I love how all the sculptures and nice buildings are lit up at night!
It's been cloudy the past few days, so a lot of these pictures would be nicer if the sun was out. On Sunday afternoon, Natalie and I wandered around near the cathedral because the streets are really confusing there, and I wanted to try to learn my way around. A little ways from the cathedral, we passed a pastry shop with lemon tarts for 2 euros, so of course I had to try one.
And every set of pictures needs one of me eating, so here it is. It was windy.
Unfortunately, the tart was really sweet and not overly flavorful, but it was worth a try. One other thing I love about Europe is the way ridiculously old buildings are standing in the middle of modern roads. Here's a part of a Roman aqueduct in the middle of the street that Natalie and I took back to our neighborhood.
This road takes you to a big avenue with El Corte Ingles (a huge department store - it has 6 floors!) and a shopping center. It even has an ice skating rink and a huge movie theater. Behind the shopping center is the soccer stadium for Sevilla FC. I'm hoping to go to a game soon. Unfortunately tomorrow night's game against Real Madrid is sold out (and ridiculously expensive), but I'm planning on going to a bar after class to watch it. Here's a picture of the stadium a couple days ago when there was another game:
And those are the places (besides the park Maria Luisa and the inside of the JYS office) where I go most often. Hope you enjoyed this brief tour!
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