To the train station where we caught a train to seville. It was a little hard getting the ticket, only because my Spanish is so poor, but we got it and all was well! After a quick train rise we were there! Then we walked to the hostel that I had found online that was cheap and had good reviews, and got a room for the night. After checking in we caught a cab to the real reason we came to seville, la Isla magica theme park! It was so much fun! And we had a discount card from the hostel so it was even less expensive! It was great, and there was hardly anyone there so we were able to do the park a few times over in just a few hours. There was a really fun roller coaster that I got my friend to ride, and now she loves it! Also there were a bunch of water rides, one where I got absolutely soaked. But in the hot seville sun I dried off quickly enough and it was nice to cool down a bit. We attempted to watch a pirate show, but as it was in Spanish and my pirate Spanish vocabulary is lacking, it didn't make much sense so we didn't finish it. Around 6 we hopped in a taxi back to the hostel to shower and change to go out. Once I figured out how to use the hostel shower it was so nice to have a hot shower after 2 weeks of cold ones. When we were done we took a quick siesta and headed out for the evening. The guy at the desk suggested a few places for us to have tapas, so we went there. After going the wrong way numerous times, neither of us have a good sense of direction, we found it! We got a jug of sangria and a bunch of tapas to split. They were amazing, definitely the right choice. Then we headed back to the square near the hostel and had some gelato, which was amazing, and we enjoyed it with a glass of wine from a nearby restaurant. Since it was starting to get a bit chilly we moved to another bar where we sat outside and watched bullfighting on tv. It looked like some sort of championship or something so there was a lot of bullfighting. Not the best thing to watch, but it was interesting so see how it worked, not much of a fan of it though. Then most people were staring to leave the bar and we were pretty sleepy so we went back to the hostel and slept. The beds are amazing!
Today (sat) we had a nice lie in, well we slept until 8am. But since we've been getting up at 6 everyday to donkey alarm clocks it felt nice to have lots of time. We had a nice little breakfast, checked out. And headed out. But first we stopped and had some churros and chocolate, which was amazing. The guy at the window was really nice, giving us free samples and a different kind of churro on top. They were so rich though that we couldn't even finish them. Afterwards we wandered around and shopped. Everything's on sale here so it was pretty cheap, plus it was fun to just try on a bunch of stuff. Then we had a quick lunch of paella, which was really good, and headed back towards to hostel since we were mostly wandering aimlessly. In a big plaza there was a big church that was open, so we decided that since we had some time to kill we'd head in there. It was spectacular! We had no idea what we were in for. The walls were covered with intricate religious carvings that reached to the ceilings, it was amazing. A lot of Jesus looking sad, lots of crucifixes since it was very catholic, but it was a very impressive church, certainly worth the 3€ to get in. Plus then we feel like we did something moderately cultural while we were here! After that we headed back to the hostel, sat for a min and used the last of the free wifi we had, and took our stuff and got a cab to the train station.
We arrived at the bus station, after walking up a giant hill in the hot hot sun, and waited for another anxious hour for the bus to arrive. Fortunately the bus came and we made it home in one piece! It's was a great little break from work. Then 2 more days with Los burritos and then 1 week of holiday on Spain!
Haha nice "pool."
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