Sorry I didn't get a chance to blog yesterday. It was quite the busy day. We had class in the morning and then after lunch Tiffany and I met Allegra and Camilla to do a little exploring/shopping. We walked down to Nervion Plaza - which is a pretty decent size shopping center. We walked into a few stores (including H&M and several "Spanish" stores as well) and bought a couple of things. I bought Jessica's Christmas present--which she is going to LOVE. Afterward, we went to El Corte Ingles which is a HUGE shopping center/mall type deal, but it's only one store. On the bottom level was a candy store and supermarket, as well as an electronics and books section. The next level was makeup counters, lotion, perfume, shoes, etc. set up much like a Belk's. The other levels had clothes, home goods, etc. Not sure exactly how many levels there were but I think around 5 or 6. It was HUGE! You could literally spend an entire day shopping in that one store.
After shopping we had back home for dinner. (forgot to mention, lunch was pasta with tomato sauce and eggplant) For dinner we had a salad. It was just lettuce, onion, tomato, and cucumber with olive oil as the dressing...but it was sooooo good! Tiffany and I discussed that fact that at home we cover everything in dressing, but it's soooo much better (and better for you) to just use the olive oil as dressing.
Today we had to get up early to head to meet our group to go to Italica. It's a small city of ancient Roman ruins from when they were in Spain (over 2000 years ago). It was amazing. Here are a couple of pictures.
This is under the amphitheater (where the gladiators fought).
Where the animals stayed! (the ones that fought the gladiators...duh!)
The amphitheater. There were originally three levels, but now only two remain (you can faintly see the distinction here). I think it sat around 25,000 people.
If you look down near the bottom you can see the scratch marks (IN CEMENT) of the lions. Pretty impressive.
The main road in the city that ran north/south (they also had an east/west road).
One of the mosaics in the floor of one of the houses. It represents land and sea - the sea in the middle with all of the sea creatures depicted and the land on the outside.
After Italica we went to the beach at Matalascanas. It was a GORGEOUS beach with the prettiest water and sand I have ever seen. Mom, you would've loved it! Here are a couple of pictures of the beach.
This is the beach. With a hugeeee rock in the middle of the water. No idea what it's from, but it was really cool.
Allegra, Me, Camilla, and Tiffany at the beach. :)
And of COURSE we got gelato after the beach! It was delicious! I had lemon and wildberry but they had a tonnnnn of different flavors - including donut, greek yogurt, and cheesecake!
Tonight Tiffany and I went out for tapas (aka something like appetizers...pretty much just little snacks). We were craving Coke (since ALL we drink is water) so we went to a little restaurant right in our apartment complex. We got a coke and then decided we were a little hungry so we ordered a burrito. It was more like an enchilada filled with ham. It was delicious. :)
It's late now though. I'll try to blog again soon!
Where's my Christmas present!?! Jk. Glad you're having fun. Your pictures are amazing. Love you and miss you!
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