But first:
soy una taza
una tetera
una cuchara
un cucharon
soy un plato ondo
un plato llano
un cuchillito
y un tenedor
soy un salero - cha cha cha
azucarero - cha cha cha
la batidora - cha cha cha
y la olla express - eeeeeeeeeeeeeee
mira como duermen, los peces en el rio
mira como beben, por ver a dios nacido,
vuelven, y vuelven, y vuelven a beber,
los peces en el rio, por ver a dios nacer!
...random songs that i learned today that i had to write down so i wouldn't forget.
well, as i'm writing this it's 11:15 pm and i'm getting ready to go to bed. today was my last day in sevilla - but first i'll do a quick review of the week just to catch everyone up:
monday - exam. boring.
tuesday - exam.
wednesday - exam. evening we had a final get-together of the entire group, and my friends and i went out for tapas afterwards at our favorite tapas joint. perfect. that night was also really cool because the entire city was enveloped in fog that would give the bay area a run for its money - very surreal and romantic.
thursday - last day of class. that evening we said goodbye to our spanish friends over coffee, and then walked around the centro and saw the christmas art fair.
friday - said goodbye to Melanie and Yue. walked around Triana, got a turron ice cream, bought some presents, lunch with the family, walked around la alameda in the afternoon, then the centro, saw the cathedral one last time, went out to dinner at the arab bathhouse-italian restaurant san marco.
saturday - wallowed. no seriously, i slept until 1:30, didn't do much else, went for churros with some friends, and then spent the night in.
sunday - last hot chocolate with Colleen at our favorite neighborhood hangout, Guadalquivir. last lunch with the family, amazing of course. then the kids and i went to the nervion plaza movie theater to see cuento de navidad, aka a christmas carol, which was so much fun. last dinner with the family just ended - bea gave me a drawing that she had done for me, i gave her a drawing that i had done for her, and i gave rocio my present of loose leaf tea, a tea ball, and a mug.
It's literally heartbreaking. I'm going to miss nearly everything here - my family, who is seriously now family, walking around the centro, the river at night, the torre de oro, turning a corner and seeing the cathedral, the amazing food, pushy spanish senoras on their way to do the morning shopping, buying fresh andaluza bread at polvillo, turrones, having all my clothes perfectly ironed, listening to norah jones with rocio, smelling the bakery across the street on my way to school, coming home and talking to the kids, family reunions, my tiny room, the tiny shower that sprays water everywhere, our apartment, our belen, and generally, speaking spanish. However, I am happy to be leaving in the state that I now find myself - I can legitimately say that I adjusted here. Things that are Spanish are no longer foreign, my life has become normal, and Sevilla is definitely a second home to me. This is a sincere lamentation, and not just a sadness to be leaving behind a beautiful place where I enjoyed myself to return to a home where I'll feel more 'at home.' Yes, Colorado has been my home longer, but four months is also a pretty long time. this semester has been amazing, but these past few weeks at home are the ones that i will absolutely cherish the most.
so much love, and i'll see you all on the other side of the pond dentro de poco!
besos fuertes y deseos para las navidades y festivales fantasticos -
Kiti
xxx
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