Steph in Spain: 2 field trips in one day? si, claro.

Despite being unseasonably chilly (the sevillanos don't know what to do with themselves and the cold weather), I had not one, but 2 FIELD TRIPS today. This morning, my art and architecture class went to the cathedral. It is the 3rd largest cathedral in europe and is actually the largest gothic style cathedral in europe. After that my friend, Deidre and I (shout-out to her parents who read my blog!) went to the cafe de indias (a coffee chain here but with better prices and yummier desserts than starbucks) to have coffee and chat. I love the relaxed way of life here. Then, I went to my afternoon class, religion. I generally don't like the class because I don't like having to go back to school and even though the teacher is a nice man, he's really scattered. No one knew it, but he surprised us with a field trip. We took a walking tour of El Barrio Santa Cruz, the old Jewish Quarter. Its characterized by extremely tiny, narrow streets that are really cool to explore. I've been there before with friends and also with my art class, but the class voted and obviously we could not pass up a way to get out of class. It spit rain a little bit, but he did add a little bit more info than what I have already learned, so that was good. He showed us a restaurant that used to be the location of Islamic baths. It was really cool and i'm planning on taking my visitors there!