Another dose of wonderful, Seville part II

I spent the whole first day wandering around Seville by myself. I had nice chats with a handful of people throughout the day, but I had yet to meet up with my friend from Florence with whom I had made these travel plans. We finally made plans to meet in the hostel lobby the next morning and head out from there for another day of sight-seeing.

A large group of Stanford students studying in Florence (my friend from my hometown included) traveled together to Seville, but another friend from my hometown happened to be in Lisbon around this time and was also able to make it out to Seville for the weekend - double win!

It was another hot day in the city, so we took our time strolling through the streets, visiting some sights and sharing study abroad stories. I have to admit, it was nice to be around fellow El Pasoans after being away for so long - there are some jokes only we can make :)

We headed out to the beautiful Spanish plaza again then went on a search for Agua de Sevilla (lots of alcohol, pineapple juice, and whipped cream - what more could you want?) on our way back to the hostel.

The others wanted to see a flamenco show before leaving Seville, so after dinner we went to a bar deep within the Jewish quarter that offers free flamenco shows. I wasn't able to stay for the whole show because my bus left late at night, so I bid everyone an early goodbye and headed back to the hostel through the winding streets. I had just walked for a minute or so when I stumbled upon this:

a yellow arrow from El Camino de Santiago. I can't escape it! The camino will follow me for the rest of my life! I did a double-take when I saw it and knew I had to take a picture of it. There was a group of tourists walking past me as I stopped to take the picture, and while I'm sure they thought I was some weirdo, I felt like I was in on some cool secret society symbolism that no one around me knew about.

Walking through the streets in the warm night air and reflecting on my arrow-sighting, I remembered how lucky I am to be here. I realized that I really have acquired an immense amount of knowledge, both in and outside of the classroom, and that I have gained a greater awareness of myself and those around me. Sometimes I try to think of what will be the first thing I tell my mom or my sisters when I get back to El Paso, but honestly I don't even know where to start.