First full day in Sevilla

      Hola a todos!    Sorry for the length of this post but its from 2 days of stories and pictures. If you don't want to read all of it then just scroll through and look at the pictures. If they look interesting you can read the story behind them. It just feels really good to get everything out and keep track of all the great stuff that's happening every day. Anyways, here it goes...

       Kelsey and I arrived in Sevilla yesterday with no problems with flights or luggage or anything. We bought "pay as you go" phones and changed some of our american dollars into euros. Then we met the landlord at our apartment and settled the contract, figured how to work everything in the apartment and then we were on our own. A big issue to start out with was figuring out how to get the hot water for a shower. There is a gas tank connected to the water heater and we have to switch it on every time we want to take a hot shower. (I know, I know #firstworldproblems) But it was difficult learning the instructions for our appliances from a spanish landlord.
        After learning all about our place and unpacking a bit we thought we'd grab something to drink and relax at a little shop. Kelsey ordered a hot chocolate or "chocolaté caliente" as she called it. After a strange look from the waiter he went behind the bar and we talked for a bit. He came back with a cup full of steaming chocolate. It tasted like a cup full of Hershey's chocolate syrup that was put in the microwave and was delicious; but it was not what we really wanted. Note to self: American words do not always directly translate to spanish.

After we got back from the cafe, Kelsey and I collapsed from exhaustion from the long day of traveling and slept for 14 hours. We slept until 3pm and finally brought ourselves to get some lunch. We split an empenada and some chorizo (spicy sausage) with some french fries. While we ate we decided what we were going to do today. Since the market was closed for the weekend we decided to walk around the city and see what was around us.  This is a park that is a block away from our apartment

                      Monument praising Christopher Columbus for his discovery of America

This is La Plaza de España. Kelsey and I rented a row boat for 5 euro and had 35 minutes to row around the plaza and take some pictures. We made it back to the ticket office with 5 minutes to spare, which saved us from having to pay another 5 euros. In the pictures we look like we know what we're doing but with 15 other inexperienced rowers in the water trying to take pictures at the same time, things can get pretty hectic. 

      We've got a few more pictures from today that you can see on my Facebook page. It's a lot easier to upload them there. If I find some time I'll go back and add the rest from today on here.

      To wrap this post up, we had a great trip over with very few problems. Today we saw a little bit of the city and had a great time. One thing I did learn today about the two of us is that we are VERY American. We are both blonde and have blue eyes, I am very tall compared to most of the men here and no matter how good we think our Spanish is, it's obvious we are not from this country. So that's all for now, it's 2am over here and the caffeine from the coffee I had this evening after dinner is wearing off. Hope you enjoyed these few stories and pictures. More to come soon (when I can get internet again).
              Adios!