Sevilla y Hog-Infested Barcelona!

Hola mis amigos y familia! We are in Barcelona and loving it! But first let me fill you in on our last night in Sevilla...


On Friday, June 3, we got to tour Sevilla and it was amazing! We walked to the river and enjoyed the scenery. It reminded us a lot of Savannah... Sevilla (like many Spanish cities) is designed in squares with multiple parks and it runs along a river. The riverwalk was very much like Savannah RiverWalk :) We loved it! Then we went to a FLAMENCO museum and show... it was awesome!!! The museum taught us a lot about flamenco dance and then the show was so good! The music was done by a guitarist and singer (they were SO good!) and the dancers were both instructors at the Sevilla school of dance and they were AMAZING! Flamenco seems very similar to tap, we really enjoyed it! Then we went to a hostal rooftop to eat PAELLA for dinner... it´s a spanish dish consisting of rice, veggies, chicken, shrimp, mussels, and spices...  I´ll be honest, I doubted the paella at first. While cooking it looked like vomit in a pan (eww) so I was worried BUT once it was done, it looked and tasted AMAZING!!! We both really
liked it so it was a successful night! That was the end of our Sevilla adventure....

On Saturday we got a train to Barcelona... It was a long train so we got in late and had to find the hostal at night... which was interesting. we´re staying at the INOUT Hostal which is on the outskirts of Barcelona in the mountains. It was quite a trek up to get to it. On the way up the winding road, we ran into a mama hog and her five piglets... she seemed defensive so we both jumped onto nearby picnic tables and waited it out to see what she would do. After a few nervous minutes we decided to just run for it, so we ran down the street and thankfully made it past her to the hostal door where we could retire for the night, (today we learned that the hogs near here are harmless and used to humans, lol...)

So after waking up today, we ventured into Barcelona which is also beautiful :) We saw the Cathedral, the Barcelona Park, and then went to the beach! Tyler swam in the Mediterranean Sea for the first time so that was really exciting! Since we only had today in Barcelona we tried to see all of it so we walked about 8hrs today! Needless to say, weŕe quite exhausted! We met several people on the trains and got to use our Spanish a bit. I was really excited and proud when a woman on the train complemented my Spanish pronunciation and usage. I haven´t lost all of it apparently! Then we bought some Spanish wine, pizza, cheese, and Nutella and headed back to the hostal where we enjoyed a quiet and relaxing dinner :)  And now, we´re off to bed... next stop, PARIS!!! I am beyond ecstatic!!!  Time to learn some french....