Today I ended up falling back asleep while Maggie was getting ready but good thing I didn't oversleep! Maggie and I had breakfast with our friend Audrey and some other people in CEA. Of course all of the Americans were loving the breakfast and eating as much as we could! And then one of the hotel staff made an announcement that we weren't allowed to take food back with us because apparently he had seen Jenna try to take a sandwich before. But of course a couple of us took food with us since lunch wouldn't be included. I was already prepared with snacks I had taken on the bus and stolen from the secret pantry. Over all breakfast was pretty good, even though Maggie and I never figured out how to use the rotating toaster haha. After breakfast we got on the bus and started the day with a panoramic view of the city which was great since we were all pretty tired of walking around from tours the day before. Then we made a stop at the Gardens of the Alcazar. They were beautiful and made me want to go on a beach vacation. Luckily Mallorca is coming up! I loved taking in the sights and the atmosphere especially since the temperature had improved by that time of day. I wanted to spend a whole day there.
After visiting the gardens we pulled into the Plaza de España and walked around taking pictures and listening to the history. Many people in our group were freaking out because one of the star wars films movies had been filmed there. I pretended to know that it was filmed there. Next we got back on the bus to get to the cathedral. I had to withstand another guided tour but the Cathedral was really beautiful. Then we went up the 30 some flights of ramps to get to the top of the tower! I wanted to take pictures along the way up but it was too crowded. The view from the top was beautiful... until I almost got strangled by a balloon that some wild kid was carrying around in the tower. (yes Lauryn Reiners I added that detail just for you :) Once we got down, we had some free time to get lunch at a sandwich place. Which happened to have an amazing ice cream menu so I just had to get some of course. I think the sundae I got was called banoffee. After a nice lunch with Audrey, Maggie, Jenna, and our new friend Jerod, we bought some post cards and made our way back to the bus. I really loved Sevilla and wish I could have spent more time there.
The bus ride home was just filled with so much awkwardness I was laughing most of the way home. First of all I need to explain that it is "culturally/socially acceptable" for spanish couples to get friendly where ever they feel like it even in any public place. But I was not accepting that two American couples wanted to get friendly on the 3 hour crowded bus ride home. So I had to sit by that, and then low and behold some girl close across from my seat is puking! She had been shopping that day and apparently just dumped her new clothes out and then threw up in the bag. So luckily for her (and the rest of the bus) it was time to pull over and give the driver a break. I pulled a pear out of my back pack for a snack and a chunk was missing out of it. Due to my senora only buying overripe fruit. And then I couldn't find the pear chunk in my back pack (I later saw it was wedged in between one of my folders for school, every teacher likes homework with pear stains right?) And then the only other awkward moment was that the rest of the bus ride was filled with animal noises that the kid behind me seemed to think he was great at impersonating animal noises so that was hilarious to listen to all the way home with everything that had already happened.
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