Sports

Pedro and Jesus, the two oldest brothers, are really into sports, especially soccer. We watch Spain's version of ESPN Sportscenter after lunch everyday. Last night, the Sevilla football club played Brasil's national team, with some of the best players in the world. Spain is playing qualifying matches for the World Cup, which is in Germany next summer. They played Canada on Sunday and play again tonight, versus Serbia-Montenegro. Last night I went to play basketball with other American students. Someone took us to a sports complex on the southside of Sevilla where we played with a few Spaniards. An hour later 17 more students from my program showed up to play volleyball. I was pretty tired last night from all that and fell asleep, fully clothed, with the lights on in my room. I woke up at 3:30 am, so I didn't go out. I also slept through the pickup soccer game this afternoon. I think I have been sleep deprived ever since the last week of camp. I didn't sleep enough after camp or the first week here either. I napped for four hours yesterday and took 3 naps today. Its feels good to be able to sleep well, I am finally relaxed and settled down in one place.

I found out about a store that rents bikes and two places on the river that rent kayaks and paddleboats. We're also looking into salsa lessons, cooking classes, independent movies...

A stamp to the US costs 0.78 euros, which about $1.

This year is the 500th annivesary of the University of Sevilla.

It finally cooled down. Its got down to 22 Celcius (72 Fahrenheit). It rained too, we couldn't believe it. It rained for about 2 minutes today and yesterday, for the first time in almost a month. This is "bad" weather, Sevillanos think its cold right now.

A new ipod!? Its so thin.

The rest of the family just got home from the beach, Alicia - the mom, Esperanza - 13 year old, and Trini - 11 year old, and Bernardo and Pepe who I have already met. So I gotta go.