The Sevilla Story: La Discoteca

Saturday Ash, Tara, and I decided to go out. We started out by getting delicious sangria at Bar Toro Toro, and sat out on the patio enjoying the night. After we made out way to Alfalfa, which is a neighborhood with lots of bars. We met up some people who Tara met before from all over Europe. We stood outside for awhile talking to people from Italy, France, Belgium, and some other countries. It was really cool to meet people from different places also studying in Spain. Lots of them had never studied Spanish before, but since their language is so close, they have no problem picking it up. Then we decided to go to a discoteca. They played mostly American music there, with a few Spanish songs mixed. It was a fun night and we didn't leave till 5 in the morning. So I slept in late on Sunday. I lounged around the house for most of the day, but did take a walk with Ash around Nervión, which is the neighborhood near our homes. It was really quiet because it was Sunday and everything is closed except for restaurants. We did find a shopping mall, movie theater, what we think was a Cruzcampo (beer) factory, and the Sevilla soccer stadium, but there wasn't much else there. After I decided to go for a run. I went towards plaza de España, and ran through the park they have right there. I didn't realize how big it was, and I want to go back and see it. Yesterday for lunch we had seafood paella. It was so delicious! It had so much fresh seafood in it. Then for dinner we had a mixture of vegetables and croquettes. I think we have finally gotten the portion sizes down to a normal amount. Today for lunch we had salad and garbanzo bean soup.

Today Rachel and I were sitting in Plaza de Jerez during our break. After we had been there for awhile, the plaza was taken over by lots of little kids, maybe 6/7 year olds. They were everywhere eating their luches. The benches were double sided, and there were kids on the other side. They started to surround us, and watch what we were doing. Rachel finished her lunch quickly, and then we escaped the little kids.

Random fact about the milk here:

It's different here. It doesn't have to be refrigerated, which seemed a little strange. I decided to Google it and find out about it. The milk here is UHT (ultra high temperature). Instead of pasteurizing at 150ish degrees it is at 275ish for a few seconds. It kills all the bacteria and can stay good for 6 months on the shelf. Apparently most of Europe, Asia, and Latin America drink this kind of milk. It is less expensive to transport because there is no refrigeration required along the way, which also makes it better for the environment. It's interesting that so much of the world is drinking this kind of milk, while we aren't.