Sunday Funday

Or Sunday do absolutely nothing day. Getting adjusted to this tranquilo lifestyle is killing me...kind of. I am an American. I was born and raised to be on the go every second of every day. I am used to stores being open when I want them to be open and viewing Sunday as any other day. But that is not the case here.

I woke up and went for a run. The most convenient trail for me just so happens to be through Parque Maria Luisa, past Plaza de España (my favorite place in Sevilla) and the Universidad de Sevilla in El Centro. Then I ran past the Torre Del Oro, over the river and back to my barrio. What a shame...not. Let me tell you, it's no West Glen/Pleasant Grove trail (my neighborhood at home...not knocking it...just saying). I swear one of these days I might fall on my face from staring at everything around me...and the saying "I need to pinch myself to make sure I'm actually here," yeah I've been doing a lot of pinching.

After I got done my run, I got a bus pass! Which I thought would be hard but it turns out all you have to do is go to a metro stop and put money on a card. As the money starts to die, you just keep adding more. Typical I know, but I never had to take public transportation at home. The Cata buses around campus at Penn State were always free! So I guess I am all set to get to school tomorrow and the bus driver will not give me any dirty looks when I ask for change.

I also planned my first lesson for tomorrow! It is just a basic "Where do you live? What do you like to do during your free time?" kind of conversation lesson just to get the students talking. The teachers at the school did say that they do not know how much teaching will be done in the first day because the students will probably ask me a lot of questions about my life and the United States.

And now I am just sitting here in my piso...writing and listening to the sounds of families gathered in the apartments around me laughing and eating together. It makes me miss mine. One thing Spain could never replace are the wonderful family and friends I have at home.

As for a quick wrap up of the weekend, I went to some old haunts from when I studied abroad here. For example, Demo bar on Calle Betis. We also took a walk to Plaza Alfalfa and got some 5 euro big azz mojitos. They tasted great as usual :) . And last night my friend Fidel came over and saw that we were eating canned lentejas and grilled cheese for dinner so he decided to take us to the grocery store and show us a really easy chicken recipe. It tasted amazing after being deprived of meat (because we don't really know how to buy it here...I like to order in pounds not kilos). So anyways, it was good to see him and practice some Spanish.

As for today...it really is a lazy day here. People are not expected to do anything. As I said before, it is kinda nice...but for this chica americana, it's going to take a little getting used to!