Iglesia Colegial del Divino Salvador
Churros con chocolate and gelato
Tapas and wine with Jess
I have had an eventful week so far in Sevilla! On Mondays and Wednesdays I have four classes, which started out as overwhelming but I have gotten used to it. This Monday we toured the Iglesia Colegial del Divino Salvador, a beautiful church in the center of the city. I was blown away by the architecture and attention to detail. Our professor Virginia gave us an amazing tour and told us all about the history of the church as a Muslim mosque, which was later recycled and reconstructed to be the baroque style church that it is today. On Tuesday I volunteered again at the colegio, where I met the rest of the students in a small group and had great conversations. I love hearing about what kind of music and movies they like, as there are a lot of similarities between them and students in the United States. One student said his favorite movie is Home Alone which made me smile!
I have had a bad cough for the last several days, so today I went to the pharmacy for the first time. Medicine is much different here than in the US. While normally I would go to Walgreens and pick up DayQuil or something similar to help my cough, here I had to talk to the pharmacist and tell her my symptoms so she could give me the medicine. She offered two different options for my symptoms and I chose the antitussive cough syrup. It is much different than the medicines in the United States and contains honey and tastes like anise. I was a bit surprised by the difference of medicine!
Later in the week I spent time with my friend Jess from my wine class. I tried churros with chocolate for the first time which I really liked. The chocolate here is much better than hot chocolate in the US. It is much richer and thicker, more like dark chocolate. We got to know eachother better and shared wine and tapas at a local restaurant that we plan on returning to! It has been so fun to meet friends from all over the United States! Jess goes to school in Washington DC and I would love to visit her there sometime.
On Wednesday we took a trip to the Real Alcazar for my monuments class. I was blown away by the architecture, which had such a unique mix of influences from different royalties and groups throughout Seville's history. We learned a lot from our professor and then got to explore the gardens to finish up the class!
Just a few pictures from the AMAZING Real Alcazar