Sofia Somewhere

From Córdoba, it was off to Granada! This was actually the one city I wanted to visit the most in my trip. I was really dying to see the Alhambra and all my planning revolved around this city. Anyway. When we arrived in Granada it was almost 9. We took the city bus from the bus station which was supposed to take us to the Cathedral (which is near Plaza Nueva, which is near our hotel) but for some reason, it took a different route. We ended up having to get off at the city center and walked uphill to Plaza Nueva. It wasn't so bad though and we found our hotel without much problem. We checked right in because the boys wanted to watch the basketball game. So after settling down a bit, Ange and I went out to buy dinner. We found a cheap kebab place nearby and bought some for all of us. Then we headed back to the hotel and watched a game with the boys. The next day we slept in a bit since we would be waking up quite early the day after. We looked for the Alcaicería and almost it! ...

Before I begin let me just say that Córdoba is such an underrated city. Whenever I (and most people I know) hear Andalucía, they always think of Sevilla and then Granada for the Alhambra. But Córdoba is just gorgeous and it's become one of my favorite Spanish cities. On our last morning in Sevilla, we didn't do much. Just slept in, packed and then checked out. Bel went to see the Alcazar early in the morning. Ange, Quintin, and I had breakfast at Cien Montaditos and Javier went to mass at the Cathedral. After mass was done we walked back to our hotel and took a taxi to the train station. Bel was waiting for us there and we made it 7 minutes before our train was scheduled to depart. (Hehe.) Our train ride to Córdoba took an hour and twenty minutes. When we got to Córdoba we took a bus as instructed by our hostel, but we didn't know the stops and ended up going down like 3 stops after we were supposed to get off. So we just decided to walk (uphill) to the Plaza and from t...

On day three of Sevilla, Bel came to join us! We started the day at around 11, after Bel arrived. We walked to Plaza de España first. We walked around the Plaza a bit and then reenacted the scene of Star Wars. (Yes, I memorized my lines and everything). It was pretty fun, and it only took us about three takes. (Tin says the audio can't be heard that well though because the mike isn't strong). Pretty cool, right?

The next day, we slept in. We left a bit before lunch to go to the Torre de Oro (Tower of Gold) before it closes. It took us pretty quick to get there and the tower was small so we were done in no time. The tower

Now we're in the south of Spain, in sunny Sevilla! Wednesday morning, Bel and I got up early to go to the bank (where she helped me withdraw our tickets for the Alhambra in Granada) and we bought cough syrup for Javier in the pharmacy. Then she went to school and I went back to the apartment to pack. We left the apartment at about 12 and took the metro to Atocha Renfe, the train station. In the station we bumped into Javi, a friend, who was with his relatives (and also heading to Sevila!). Then we boarded our train which left at 1:30. The train ride was about two and a half hours long. We passed much of the time playing pusoy dos (Quintin kept on losing), then we bought some food, and I spent the remainder of the trip reading up on Sevilla. We arrived in no time and took our taxi to our hotel. Our hotel was in Plaza del Duque which I originally thought (based on the map) was quite far, but we later found out was only 15 minutes from the Cathedral. Since the boys were hungr...

The morning after, I woke up at 11. 'Twas quite late but I don't know why the others didn't wake me up. I must ave been really tired from my lack of sleep. I huriedly changed then out we went. We still had some ime before our 1:00 bus to Avila. We stopped by at a small cafe for breakfast then headed to the university. Salamanca has a really good university (especially for Spanish language programs) and since the city is small, it's really populated with students. Anyway, we headed to the main buiding of the university. Here, you're supposed to find the frog. Supposedly, if you're a student at the university, you can't graduate without finding the frog. We tried to look for it, but then this woman selling postcards right outside the university pointed it out to us. Oh well. the University of Salamanca

Sorry for the short hiatus, but I'll try to update a lot now before our flight to Barcelona this afternoon. So back to after the game: Since I went straight from the game go the apartment to the airport, I landed in Madrid still in my Barça jersey. Needless to say, I got a lot of funny and dirty looks from Madrileños. Oops! Haha.