¡finales!

so last night (our last night in sevilla--sob!) we had our final dinner with all the students, institute staff and vicki. it was so much fun! we went to tex-mex (sean and stuart's bar) to watch the game and eat, and much merriment was had--especially when spain TRUMPED russia to make it into the eurocup FINALS!!! seriously, the entire country exploded and there was rioting in the streets. love it!

then we spent the rest of the night at a disoteca called buddha, which was so much fun!

today all my girls left, and i basically spent the day at home (meaning carmen's), and i decided it would be best to stay inside, as it is 120 (yes, you read that correctly, 120) degrees outside. oof. yuck. i did go out for a little bit, but 2.5 hrs was all i could stand.

otherwise the last week has been pretty full, with finals and such. i think they actually went pretty well. mon we went to the archivos de indios, where all of columbus's original papers are--wow. then we had our final lunch with sean, as he is off to the states, and that night we went to see sean and stuart's club futbol game. tuesday we went to casa de pilatos, which is very similar to the alcazar or the alhambra, but not on quite such a grand scale. after that we went to the tattoo and piercing parlor, where katie and sam got the inside of their ears pierce and danielle got inked. wednesday i studied my tail off due to finals being on thursday, and after that was the spain vs russia game. i'm leaving tomorrow morning at 5am, and the thought is suffocating--it's just so hard to imagine life outside of this!

i will post the last 400 pictures or so (week 4, portugal, and week 5) after i get back, as that will be the next time i'll have reliable internet. until then, besitos!
-kl