MITZI: Rain in Spain

The main thing that is on my mind right now is rain, rain, rain, rain, and rain.  I mean, I like the rain and everything, when I am dressed appropriately and am not cold.  I lost my umbrella this last weekend and learned my lesson about not having one in the rain yesterday...

View of a Sevillian rainbow from my window, one plus from the rain.

I was really bummed that it was raining almost the whole time Peri was here this weekend, but we still had a great time, and we even braved the almost monsoon-like rain on Saturday to go tour the cathedral.  I loved having her here and showing her all my favorite eclectic spots.

Peri and I in front of the cathedral.

Peri and I and the girls getting tapas for Pear's 21st birthday!! :)

 Last night on the town.  Two Idaho girls in Sevilla. :) Good times.

Thanksgiving was really good!! ISA put on a really really nice dinner for us.  We had a great time, the food wasn’t the same as home, but the company was great.  And everyone dressed up really nice cocktail style.

Thanksgiving dinner. Yum.

Another thing I would like to comment about Spain in general is their lack of central heating.  I’m an Idaho girl not used to humidity for one, and I just get chilled and can’t get warm again.  And two, our apartment doesn’t have heat, so that’s fun.  It’s a newer complex so it’s insulated better than some of my friend’s apartments, but still when it’s 46 degrees outside, it’s pretty cold.  I’m not really complaining, just commenting.  I actually like being cold more than being hot.  I like to bundle up and cuddle in my bed.  It just  isn’t as much fun when I am battling a cold.  Oh well, it’s all an experience and I am still loving it.

Two weekends ago ISA took us on an excursion to Córdoba and Granada.  I was really looking forward to this excursion because I have learned a lot about the art history in both of these cities, and I had a feeling that I was going to love them.  I was right, I especially loved Granada.  We saw the famous mosque of Córdoba, and had a really funny tour guide who kept calling us his ‘family,’  it was cute.

Mosque of Córdoba

Inside the mosque is incredible, with all the matching arches and history behind the mosque.  I also had the best Spanish tortilla I have had yet.  It’s this like potato cake thing that Spain is known for.

Granada really is my favorite city in Spain now after Sevilla.  It’s farther north so the leaves were changing and it was simply breathtakingly.  We spent a majority of the day at the Alhambra, the palace of Granada.  It was incredible.

Courtesy of Google search again.  The Alhambra.

View from the Alhambra.

It was a Muslim palace on a hill looking over the city.  The views were to die for.  And the intricacy of designs in the walls and decorations of the palace were awesome. 

Katie and I and the Alhambra in the background at night.

It’s hard to really convey what I saw and felt during my excursion.  I simply loved it.  I have been so blessed to have been able to see what I have seen and done what I have done here.  I have learned so much about my self and about our world.  My time here in Sevilla is quickly coming to an end, and reminiscing on my time here is starting to feel just like a dream.  I just want to enjoy every second I have left.