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so it´s been a while since i updated, for which i apologize, but i have been busy (haha, story of my life). last week we had presentations in spanish all week, so that ate up time. also 2 quizes and a paper. our cultural activites were yoga, which i´ve never done before, and running, in which i did not partake, thank you very much. thursday we went out for tapas, and met 2 more spaniards. i think these 2 restaurants were my favorite yet. i elected against going out that night, as i was still running a fever at the time, and we had to get up early in order to go on our weekend trip to...

PORTUGAL!!! this is my 14th country (well, 15th if you count the amsterdam airport as the netherlands, which i don´t). we went to a resort in albufeira, right on the ocean. it was gorgeous:

temps in the 80s instead of the 100s, breezy, sunny, etc. i applied spf 40 sunscreen about 5 times a day and still tanned through it. ridic, man.

friday we spent all day at the pools at the resort, saturday we took the path down to the ocean, and then proceeded to clambor around on the rocks on the beach. big, climbable rocks. so pretty:

(ps, we met another american girl named vicki from ny state, also 20, spending the summer in sevilla, and she is on the far left, followed by katie, danielle and sam.) and sun we spent again at the resort before returning to a 110 degree sevilla. it was quite a relaxing weekend right before final presentations, projects, papers and tests.

sunday night we watched the fútbol game--spain vs italy. huge rivals, lemme tell ya. and spain won!!! soo much fun. it wasn´t quite rioting in the streets, but the entire country exploded in cheers when casillas blocked the final shootout (0-0 in double overtime). of course we have the semi-finals on the schedule for thurs, so go spain!!!

then yesterday we went to los archivos de indios, which is right next to la giralda, and houses all of crístobol colón´s papers (you yanks would call him christopher columbus), and it was fascinating. then we had our final lunch with sean, as he is off to the states now. that night we went to stuart´s and sean´s fútbol game, which was basically a club game. wouldn´t you know that it was like 80 degrees and we were all shivering with goosebumps and chattering teeth? whoda thunk.

had another presentation yesterday and a final paper tomorrow, followed by finals on thursday. but if that is what i have to do in order to stay here forever, you bet i would.

all for now. ¡viva españa!
-kl