Yup... so the folks just visited Sevilla and it was a tons of fun! My mom had been in Europe before (a long time ago though) and this was Pop's first time out of the motherland! They got here on Monday and after a semi awkward encounter with Antonio and Eloisa, and me translating everyword, we headed out for the streets of Sevilla! We saw the Cathedral, Barrio Santa Cruz (a few times because it's awesome) and other important places in the city. We stuffed our faced with Jamon Iberico (very typical spanish ham, almost priscutto style) and patatas ali-oli (spanish potato salad). The weather wasn't that great so we didn't end up taking a day trip to the beach, and just walked around different Barrios in Sevilla. Mom loved looking at the flamenco dresses and dad caught a glimpse of his childhood while riding my public issued bike up and down the pedestrian filled streets continuously ringing the bell and looking like a fool. All in all, after meals of menu translating and following me around the city's winding streets they headed back for Madrid today to catch their flight home tomorrow morning, but not until they ate their weight (literally, their weight!) in food that Eloisa cooked us for lunch. She made all of my favorites and they were GLORIOUS! Spanish Tortilla, Albondigas (meatballs), Arroz (crazy good rice), and Merluza Frita (fried fish of some sorts). Oh, and the 5 of us polished off 2 forties (considering me, my mom and eloisa are pretty small, my dad was probably feelin' it) hahaha VIVA ESPANA!
This week I'm going to go crazy doing work because I leave on Friday for Munich, Germany then Salzburg, Austria where I'm staying with a family friend for a few nights, and ending my last trip in London! After that I only have 2 weeks left here. Where did the time go?!
Hasta Pronto,
Zukis
Friday, April 17, 2009
Sunday, April 12, 2009
Italy and Semana Santa, Sevilla
So if this post were to be detailed, it would be a book and I would get zero of my homework done before my parents arrive tomorrow, so it's going to be short and sweet.
Italy was AWESOME! I started in Venice for the 1st two days by myself and just roamed around. There aren't any streets with cars, just canals with boats and then pedestrian walkways. It is absolutely beautiful! Unfortunately there was no romantic gondola ride seeing as I was by myself and it costs 100 Euro. Thats more than I spent taking the train there and back, plus housing and food! But I watched plenty other people do it!
Then I went to Milan to meet up with Ben and his friend from Lancaster (whose actually from Minnesota) Jordan. We only spent about 24 hours in Milan, and saw pretty much all there is to see unless you're into shopping. We climbed to the top of the Duomo (4th largest cathedral in the world, the largest gothic style one), ate some pizza, and walked down the famous shopping streets. Nothing was purchased, we would have had to sell our soul if we wanted anything. We had a late afternoon flight to Naples and didn't see too much of Naples (our hostel was outside of the city). Instead we headed for Pompeii (INCREDIBLE-go if you have the choice, I actually want to go back, 4 hours wasn't enough) and Sorrento (limoncello up the wazoo, it was beautiful too).
Finally we ended our time in Rome which words cannot even describe, except: HUGE! Here's a list of things we saw/did:
Colosseum
Roman Forum/Palantine Hill
Pantheon
St. Peter's Bascilica (no pope spotting)
Vatican Museum
Sistian Chapel
Spanish Steps
A bunch of plazas
Catacombs (not the intense ones, the free ones, naturally)
A Giant park that I don't know the name of but was awesome
Tons of other monuments/ruins while walking around
Overall it was an awesome trip and there's some funny stories to be told, but maybe just the "funny if you were there" type stories.
I came back on Saturday at around 2:30pm and immediately headed out for the streets to catch one of the famous parades. Mission successful and saw La Trinidad (which has 3 floats) and have boat loads of pictures. I had agreed to follow around Andre, my english student the following "morning" because he was a Nazareno (bascially looks like the KKK people). We met up at 3am and while he was in the "parade" I walked with his dad and sister for about.... 7 hours and then came back and crashed! I have tons of pictures and videos and stuff so I'll be sure to explain the whole process, it's really quite fascinating!
Now I'm off to try and read two books and write a paper before my parents get here tomorrow morning. There will definately be a siesta in the midst of all that too. Only a month left, YIKES!
Miss and Love everyone,
Erin
Italy was AWESOME! I started in Venice for the 1st two days by myself and just roamed around. There aren't any streets with cars, just canals with boats and then pedestrian walkways. It is absolutely beautiful! Unfortunately there was no romantic gondola ride seeing as I was by myself and it costs 100 Euro. Thats more than I spent taking the train there and back, plus housing and food! But I watched plenty other people do it!
Then I went to Milan to meet up with Ben and his friend from Lancaster (whose actually from Minnesota) Jordan. We only spent about 24 hours in Milan, and saw pretty much all there is to see unless you're into shopping. We climbed to the top of the Duomo (4th largest cathedral in the world, the largest gothic style one), ate some pizza, and walked down the famous shopping streets. Nothing was purchased, we would have had to sell our soul if we wanted anything. We had a late afternoon flight to Naples and didn't see too much of Naples (our hostel was outside of the city). Instead we headed for Pompeii (INCREDIBLE-go if you have the choice, I actually want to go back, 4 hours wasn't enough) and Sorrento (limoncello up the wazoo, it was beautiful too).
Finally we ended our time in Rome which words cannot even describe, except: HUGE! Here's a list of things we saw/did:
Colosseum
Roman Forum/Palantine Hill
Pantheon
St. Peter's Bascilica (no pope spotting)
Vatican Museum
Sistian Chapel
Spanish Steps
A bunch of plazas
Catacombs (not the intense ones, the free ones, naturally)
A Giant park that I don't know the name of but was awesome
Tons of other monuments/ruins while walking around
Overall it was an awesome trip and there's some funny stories to be told, but maybe just the "funny if you were there" type stories.
I came back on Saturday at around 2:30pm and immediately headed out for the streets to catch one of the famous parades. Mission successful and saw La Trinidad (which has 3 floats) and have boat loads of pictures. I had agreed to follow around Andre, my english student the following "morning" because he was a Nazareno (bascially looks like the KKK people). We met up at 3am and while he was in the "parade" I walked with his dad and sister for about.... 7 hours and then came back and crashed! I have tons of pictures and videos and stuff so I'll be sure to explain the whole process, it's really quite fascinating!
Now I'm off to try and read two books and write a paper before my parents get here tomorrow morning. There will definately be a siesta in the midst of all that too. Only a month left, YIKES!
Miss and Love everyone,
Erin
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