Today was just a normal, great day in Sevilla. A wonderful workout, a little post-workout siesta, a post-siesta lunch.
After lunch I met one of my Spanish friends from my global discussion, Rafa, for a drink before class. To me it's so weird having a drink before class...but completely normal here (plus a tinto de verano has about 0% alcohol)! I really wanted to work on my Spanish so we chatted for an hour all in Spanish and it was so helpful!
After that I had a meeting with my photography teacher where we were going to work on my photo project together! My photo teacher is one of my favorites, he is so kind, enthusiastic and generous. He voluntarily meets with students outside of class time to help them with their projects. He was even so nice and gave me one of his cameras (like a really nice one) to use for my project and he told me to take it with on my travels to get some good shots! TOO NICE! So I had fun roaming around el centro taking pictures with him.
Now, the power of FACEBOOK. When I was 15 I went to the Dominican Republic with my family and during our stay at the hotel I met a bunch of people from all over. Well, I met one boy from the Netherlands and although I knew him for about 2 days of the trip we became friends on Facebook. Anyways, fastforward 6 YEARS and I'm on Facebook and something pops up on my newsfeed saying this guy is "checked in" at a place in Sevilla. What?? So, not having talked to this guy in 6 years of course I message him. Said something to the extent of "hey sorry if this is really random or you don't remember me..but I saw you're in Sevilla and I'm here this semester!" Anyways, crazy thing is he just moved here and is opening a business about teaching people how to create socially responsible businesses, or something to that extent! WHICH IS WHAT I WANT TO DO WITH MY LIFE!
Well, today my one class got canceled which worked out perfectly because today was the only day we would be able to meet up. (He's traveling for the next month) So, we met up! It's a small world after all. We walked around and he showed me where there is a GOURMET Cien Montaditos! It was pretty awesome! All in all, it's crazy how Facebook can connect you with people-- nice job Zuckerberg.
Oh yeah.. and I'm going to Africa tomorrow.
Sending Smiles From Sevilla,
Rebecca
Gourmet Cien Montaditos-- the good life
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