The Where - Sevilla :)

Buenas Dias!                                                                                                    Sept 10th, 2012 

Dios mios! La ciudad de Sevilla es muy bonita, me encanta todo!

Sevilla is the capital of Andalucia, but the city is split into 2 by the Guadalquivir River, which divides the city into two halves: Sevilla and Triana.

Seville is most known for the beauty of the city, which of course lives up to any expectation you would EVER have and more. The people here are SO friendly, it's overwhelming but I couldn't ask for a better place to be! 
In "el centro" the center of town is where La Universidad de Sevilla is located, as well as the Cathedral, Tower de Oro, Giralda, Alcazar, La Plaza de Espana and more! (Some places I haven't seen yet!!! But that's okay because I have a lot of time to explore!)

There is TONS and TONS to do here day and night. There are always people out and about, usually walking, biking, or rollerblading believe or not. Unlike the states, you see people walking to and from the grocery store, school, or just to the bar because that's the norm here - anything 30 minutes or under is do-able and usually expected. On the sidewalks there are green paths strictly for BIKERS! If you are walking on the bike path and a cop sees you and wants to be an a-hole you can get fined up to 90 euros!! So, don't do that! There are cross walk everywhere and jay-walking is frowned upon, unlike NYC where anyone walks whenever, and wherever hahaha, not so much here!

So my neighborhood - "el barrio" en espanol is about 30 minutes from my school, it's up on a street called Calle de Palmero! That's their like "main street" I guess you could say, it's wide and has palm trees on both sides.. YES! Palm trees, haha this is not a drill! Anyways, yeah so it's about a 30 minute walk.. in 97* WEATHER!!!!! Oh, that's something else they use Celsius here.. so it's about 42*C haha, SO for all you MONMOUTH STUDENTS complaining about the walk to bey hall... that is like a blessing compared to my 30 minute hike! But, it's a beautiful walk and good exercise so I can't complain!  

Mi Barrio!

There is also a bike system here called Sevici! You buy a card and rent a bike, so there are these bike ares every couple block throughout the city and you unlock a bike by swiping your card and use it until you reach your destination but need to return it at another Sevici spot. So you share bikes with other people, but it's normal here you just I guess "sign out" a bike and then "sign in" another! :)

Systema Sevici !!

There is also the bus (TUSSAM they call it here), metro, and train for means of transpiration, well as well as cars-- but public transportation is big here.

So.. not too far from my house about a 20ish minute walk is the famous Maria Luisa Park!!! And my goodness, it is absolutely amazing. It is gorgeous, it simply takes me breath away and the fact that it's SO close to me is unreal. I get to walk to through it to get to the international school building - I couldn't be luckier. Tons of people just explore through the park, take pictures, nap, run, sleep, read, have a picnic, similar to central park I guess you could say - but ALOT smaller! And prettier of course :)

 

Pictures of Maria Luisa Park! 

Hasta Pronto a todo