Yesterday was a bit more relaxed from all the craziness of the first two days. We were unpacked and settled in, and still feeling healthy. We ate breakfast at the hotel, and after that ended up (surprise!) walking around and exploring the city with a couple other Dialoguers. We walked by the river Guadalquivir for a while, saw boats for rent (only 10 Euros), Brynna and Mitch attempted to coax a cat into coming home with us, and hung around a statue for far longer than was necessary because it was large enough to provide shade in the ridiculous heat of midday Sevilla.
We also wandered through El Corte Ingles, a department store that's all around here, and that is a lot like Macys, but on a much grander scale. The bottom floor is a huge grocery, with lots of fun looking Spanish food (and food that we have in the US, slightly modified so as to seem more Spanish). After browsing that floor, we decided to go all the way up to the top, which as we found out is about 7 escalators up. The best floor was the one with motorcycles, work out equipment that claimed to shape you up by either electrocution or vibrations, and the tents, boats and pools.
Later, after running to buy the new suitcase at the last minute, we went off to dinner around 8. It was the last dinner at the place with sub-par food, and that was a reason for everyone to celebrate.
Then, after dinner was the Flamenco show! The show was simply incredible. There were 2 male dancers, about 4 female dancers, about 4 male singers, and 2-4 guitar players depending on the song. The singers and dancers, for about an hour and a half, clapped, stomped, sang, and danced their hearts out. Though I didn't understand almost anything the singers were saying, the dancers and the actions of those on stage told the stories well enough. It seemed as though they all really poured their hearts into the performance, and you could tell that they were having a great time doing it.
This is pretty much the point I decided that one of my goals in life is to become a Flamenco dancer. It seems much more exciting than pursuing this BA in Psychology!
The show (in case I haven't been clear enough), was absolutely one of my favorite performances ever. I didn't take many pictures since I was too entranced, but if you hop on over to Brynna's blog (brynnaenespana.blogspot.com), she has videos of the performance that are definitely worth checking out!
After the show it was time to re-pack everything in preparation for the trip to Cordoba/Grenada.
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