O wow. I have so much to write about that I don’t even know where to begin!! The week began with the greatest surprise ever, Jenn’s boyfriend showing up outside of her class on Thursday J. She had no idea he was coming. It was sooo great. So he was in Sevilla with us for a few days before we left for Rome. We were in Rome for 4 days and we saw and did sooooo much. At the same time, there is so much to see and do in Rome that I am pretty sure we only saw a fraction of the city. We had a lot of fun though. We saw the colloseum, la Fontana de Treve, Vatican City, the Cistine Chapel, the jail cell where Peter and Paul were kept, and I cannot even remember what else right now. A lot of things. It was pretty much every time we turned a corner there was another big a beautiful building or fountain or plaza to explore. Basically we spent every minute of every day exploring the streets of Rome. Of course we had to stop occasionally for some pizza, pasta or gelato haha but we kept ourselves pretty busy. O ya, we also went to the Olympic stadium and ran around the track and this bridge that is covered in locks hung on chains along the sides by couples in cheesy moments of love. It was really cool actually (hate to admit it, but it was). We stayed in a “bungalow” which basically meant a little camper in a campground hostel but it was pretty nice. Besides the fact that the entire thing shook every time someone moved and you could hear our neighbors through the walls it was pretty quality. We got back on Thursday night around midnight and then went straight to the street to watch semana santa processions. I got back around 5am…right as my senora was getting up to leave to go watch the processions herself. It was a long night but the atmosphere and the processions were amazing. There were sooooo many people of all ages that stayed up all night to watch them. After some of the statues passed there were people who would sing from window and other times there were chants led by the people. All the candles and beautiful details…impresionanate as the Spanish people would say. So basically I spent the rest of the weekend in the streets watching processions. It was a pretty successful Easter break I must say. It was so cool to see and entire city dedicating a week to the real meaning of Easter, the crucifixion and resurrection, instead of just bunnies and chocolate. If you want to see what I am talking about, you can search for videos of “semana santa, sevilla” in Youtube and you will get an idea. No worries, the klu klux klan looking people are harmless. Well, that is all for now. I am going to try to put up some pictures if they will work…we will see.
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