What time is it? PICTURE TIME!

Ok, time for another update! Sorry for the delay, but I run on Spanish time now, where "tomorrow" means "in a week" and "soon" means "in a few hours". (Tip: never trust your senora when she says dinner will be soon.) Much has happened since my last post, including:

Classes started! I have two classes with the program I'm on and two at the Universidad de Sevilla, all conducted entirely in Spanish. So far I like them a lot, my professors are pretty cool, and it's very convenient to have class only Monday-Thursday.















The University opened in 1505. Before that, this building housed a tobacco factory. (Know the opera Carmen? Well, this is where she worked. Mind blown?)

I successfully obtained a library card for the public library near my apartment. Since my reading comprehension in Spanish is on par with a seven-year-old, I've been scouring the children's section. Right now I'm about 200 pages into "Harry Potter y la Orden del Fenix", which is helping me learn all sorts of vocabulary that I'll never need to use again (magic wand, goblin, etc).

This place rules. I hang out here a lot, using their free wi-fi and looking through the DVD section.

I discovered that flamenco dresses are absurdly, ridiculously expensive. I was flabbergasted that someone would spend 100 Euro on one, but my Spanish friend told me that hers cost over 700. I will do the calculation for you: that translates to $960.26. For that price, the dress had better clean my apartment and cook for me.















Hanging out in the sea of ruffles. The dresses are so preposterous and over the top that you can't help but love them.

Yesterday I decided to take a different route home from the study center ("I totally know my way around by now, this is a great idea!") and returned home an hour later, exhausted and wondering how on earth I made it so far north. Sevilla, you are a godforsaken labyrinth of a city.




















Street signs don't exist-- the name of the street will be posted on a building. Charming as it may be, it's very inconvenient because you can only see it from one angle. Also, the streets change names about every block.

Visited even more museums, including the Flamenco Museum and the Bullfighting Museum.




















The "Plaza de Toros" (bullfighting arena) in Seville, built in 1730. If it's not prohibitively expensive, I am definitely going to go to a bullfight here.

And here are some assorted pictures:



















Streets in Sevilla are so dang charming I can't even deal with it. Look at all the little balconies!
















With a friend outside the Plaza de Espana, a massive tribute to Spanish unity built in 1929. It's way more impressive in person.















The river Guadalquivir, which runs through Sevilla, and the Torre del Oro.

Want more pictures of Spain? There are more posted on my Facebook page. Plus I have about 200 more that aren't up yet--- I think I'll put them all in one massive Photobucket account or something.