Well, this whole issue with food continues to be perplexing. It is quite possible that I am too "westernized" when it comes to portion sizes, but I cannot come to terms with being able to finish a meal in 10 minutes and still feel hungry afterwards...
Classes have finally started, and it seems like there's a sense of a daily routine being established now... although that changes hourly. There's a surprisingly large amount of international students that have been here since last semester, so they definitely know their way around the place. My economics class (in English) turned out to be quite relevant to my IR degree, so I'm looking forward to getting into our class discussions, also, the professor looks like Connan O'Brien, and he is from Manchester. My political science class (in Spanish) is taught by a VERY young local Spanish man... enough said. And, it was a very nice surprise to have such inexpensive textbooks! Two course packs cost me less than 20 euros altogether.
Some other exciting news, there is a local radio station that only plays Colombian music, and they advertise a whole bunch of Colombian restaurants and bars. Sooner or later, I will end up there.
Right now, its midnight and my stomach is on strike. In the late afternoon/early evening Jodi, Ally and I, along with our new German friend Lukas, wandered around downtown Sevilla, just chatting and looking at all the architecture. After a good 3 hours of walking we realized how hungry we were, and then for about an hour we stopped at every single restaurant to look at their menus because frankly, we wanted a good hefty meal. TAPAS ARE NOT ENOUGH FOOD. These people can eat like 3 pieces of bread with some ham and that's dinner. We got so desperate we went to McDonald's, but there was no way we were going to pay $9 for a burger. Solution? End up at a New York pizza place, buy a giant 50 cm pizza and destroy it. I already regret it, but we befriending the Irish pizza guy (Peter).
OH! And it turns out I was entered into some random raffle with the travel agency WeLoveSpain, and I won a free trip to Granada! Which would have cost a good $200.
Side note: I have figured out how to get my blackberry working. It only involved me leaving my phone at some random place where they unlock it, then I have to buy a SIM card and cut it down to size so it fits in my phone. The Spanish like to keep me on my toes.
It's supposed to rain tomorrow, which will be very exciting because a) I don't have any waterproof jackets or b) an umbrella.
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