Um...let's see...
Well, first off, I believe there are only 10 days left until I'm back in the States...
Second off, the dollar is crap...although the rate has gotten better in the last couple of days...but really?? $59.something for 40€?!?! Kind of ridiculous...and yet, I need to have money if I want to be able to get to the airport to get home...bleh...
Other than that...um, on Monday night there was this cool music thing that I think was for whatever holiday yesterday was (Virgin of the Immaculate Conception Day, I think)...it started at midnight, so technically it was yesterday...but anyway, there were a ton of people in the plaza that we went to, a bishop-y-looking guy came and said a prayer and mentioned something about "keeping the Virgin in your hearts" at which point it felt cult-esque and I felt very uncomfortable (all the people around us were like "yeah! right on!" except without actually saying it...) But anyway, then all the music groups from the different parts ("facultades") of the University of Sevilla came around and played/sang songs and they were all dressed up...it was like a cross of marching band and the serenading-at-the-window thing that you see in movies...it was fun and interesting, but it was also late and "raining" (which, translated into Iowan, means "misting")...it was worth it though, I guess, even if I did have to miss my favorite TV show for it...(Salud even told me that I had to miss the show, which means it was a pretty big deal...)
Well, hope you have a great (rest of the) week! (the school week's just beginning for us!)
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Villancicos with the tunas! I love it. I'm glad you went because it's so different than anything else you will probably ever experience. Jerez se ha puesto very festive last weekend and people are breaking out into Christmas carols (flamenco of course) EVERYWHERE. It's super fun.
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