- Round one—5 men waved their cape at the bull in order to tire it out. There are men on horses (picadores) that parade the ring, poking the bull if it gets too close to the men with capes.
- Round 2—3 men, banderilleros, place 2 banderillas (sharp barbed sticks) each into the bull. Again, this is in order to aggravate & tire the bull out.
- Round 3—the torero (called matador only after he has killed the bull) enters the ring alone with a small red cape & a sword. It his his job to kill the bull.
4/30/11
Semana Santa
4/22/11
Lisbon, Sintra, & Belém: some more of Portugal
- Semana Santa has finally arrived in Sevilla! Unfortunately it has rained the WHOLE week...causing the pasos to be canceled. I'm praying that it will stop raining so that I can witness part of Semana Santa.
- I still have 2 papers to write that I have been procrastinating about for a while...time to git 'er done :/
- I only have 28 days left in Sevilla...where does the time go?! Leaving Sevilla will be the most bittersweet moment, ever. Anyone wanna pick this girl up from the airport May 21?!
- My camera is fixed!!!!!! El Corte Inglés called me Wednesday to let me know that I can pick it up on Monday, repairs free of charge. SO.HAPPY.
- I got an internship in Southlake! Unpaid, but an internship nonetheless. I'm not so excited to get back to real life full of work & responsibility, meh.
4/19/11
Palma De Mallorca
Sara & I found a fun place to dance for one of the nights, it was great to see the Palma nightlife!
4/11/11
Lagos, Portugal
Day 1: We left Sevilla for Portugal at 10AM, arriving in Lagos around 1..then go straight to the beach! After beach time, we head over to the "end of the world" to watch the sun fall of the face of the earth. Back in the olden ages, when the world was thought to be flat, Lagos was assumed to be the edge of the earth..cray cray.
After watching the sun set, we ate some Portuguese dinner...which was NOT so great! I ordered tuna with onion sauce—wasn't really a fan! Day 2 of food was not so great either; I ordered a burger & they brought out 2 patties with an egg on top, no bun. So basically go to Portugal for the beach, not the food! haha.
Day 2: Sangria Cruise around the Lagos cliffs! For 25€ & 2 hours, we explored the caves around the ocean...so beautiful! Sitting on the boat was so relaxing & the scenery was even better. I highly recommend this cruise if you go to Lagos!
- Only 3 more weeks of school! Why such little time? Semana Santa, the week before Easter, is huge in Sevilla, so we are given the whole week off. 2 weeks after Semana Santa we are given another week off of classes for Fería. I think that TCU should adopt this whole school calendar...
- I only have 39 more days here, sad day! The closer the date to fly home gets, the more I realize I have so much to see of this world. I don't want study abroad to end, ever.
- My friend Kristi sent me a package...over a month ago! It got stuck in Madrid & I have had to send in paperwork multiple times in order to receive it. Cross your fingers that it comes this week!!!
4/4/11
Paris
In order to show our appreciation to Ariel's Egyptian friend, we visited the whole Egyptian art section of the Louvre. Thanks Egyptian man for your help!!!