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Hola! Today we went to Sevilla soccer stadium. There are two teams in Seville, but our teacher likes Sevilla so he scheduled a tour for us. Touring the soccer stadiums in Spain is equivalent to touring the Cardinals stadium. Well maybe not that extreme, but it is a pretty big deal so it was exciting! We were able to see the trophy room, the locker rooms, past jerseys of players, and then we were able to go on the field and take pictures. It was a really nice stadium and definitely one of the very awesome parts of this trip!

Tomorrow is our last day of school, finals of course, and then the rest of the day will be spent walking around Seville and doing last minute things! At night, the school program, CEA, is going to take us to dinner on the roof of a hotel so it should be very fun and a great way to end our trip! Thank you all for following me on this very exciting and educational journey! I have learned so much, as you can see, and I can’t wait to share my stories with all!

Adios!

More Adventures!

Since Taylor and I stayed in Seville this weekend, we took a lot of adventures around town. One morning we went to the park to ride this cool two person bike! It was nice to ride, and not walk somewhere, around the park and just get to where we wanted to go a little faster. The bike is actually harder to pedal than it looks!

After that we went to the Torre del Oro. This is a monument we meet at all the time but we have never gone inside because it has weird hours. So we finally got to see the inside! Back in the day, the Torre del Oro was the “customs” for boats leaving and entering the Mediterranean/Spain. Seville was the place where all the boats had to go through. This was really mainly after America was found. First we climbed some stairs to get the first floor. That floor had a bunch of military items in it and different pictures of important military people. Then after 91 stairs, we were at the top of the Torre. It was a cool look out to the city and we took some cool pictures.

We also went to this place called the Metropol Parasol. Some people say it looks like a huge waffle fry. It actually just opened this year. It has a market, a museum, restaurants, and an elevated plaza. It is a modern icon for Seville and the largest wooden structure in the world. Its goal is to activate the plaza and to be an attractive destination for all people to go and have a good time. It was really neat to see. Supposedly people can walk on the top of it but we couldn’t the day we went because they were doing some work on it.

Enjoy!

Around Seville

Since I have school during the week, I haven't had time to see anything big this week. I have seen a few small things that I wanted to post about! Below is a picture of the columns of Hercules and Julius Caesar. These date back to the roman times. They were transferred over to be the head of the promenade. The area has pretty gardens and lots of popular restaurants. At the other end of the four square, there are two more columns of lions. It was a neat place to visit!

We have also gone to two shows since we have been here! One show was a fusion of three cultures. It was really interesting to see the song, dance, and instruments of the different cultures come together. The three cultures were Hebrew, Muslims, and Christians... I think!

We also went to a traditional flamenco show. The flamenco dance started out with just the voice back in the 18^th century, but it has evolved to dancing and playing the guitar also. We were literally sitting two feet away from the stage so it was really cool to be that close and see the emotions of the singer, dancer, and instrumentalist.

This is a neat picture of Taylor and I in front on the side of the Cathedral! The Giralda part is in the background too!

Thank you Great Grandma Katie for the wonderful letter! I was very surprised and it was very nice of you!

Adios!