Flamenco and Madrid

On Thursday my school threw this AWESOME party so we headed out to that. There was a live band playing Flamenco music and everyone was dancing, so it was a great atmosphere. 

Friday we had off classes, so Laura and I headed to the Museum of Art and Customs, which was pretty interesting. There was a temporary exhibit on foreign correspondents in Spain, which was really interesting. Then Friday night Laura, Alicia, and I went to the amusement park in Sevilla and hung out there, which was soooooo fun. We rode the ferris wheel and two other rides, one of which was the scariest i have ever been on in my LIFE. It's pretty impossible to explain, except if you've ever been to Knoebel's it's the same as the Fandango except faster and higher. 

Then Saturday and Sunday I had a school 'field trip' to Madrid for my art class. We took the train on Saturday morning, which was really short so it only took 2.5 hours. After we got there and checked in, we headed out to the Prado National Museum, where we saw a bunch of El Greco, Goya, and Velacquez works. These were really cool because we had just learned about the works, so it was cool to actually see them instead of just slides. Then we went to this other museum that had a huge exhibit about Picasso, so we spent a pretty long time there before we had the rest of the night to ourselves. A bunch of us had a HUGE craving for American food, so went broke  down and went to Hard Rock Cafe, where I finally got to have mac and cheese with ketchup for the first time in MONTHS!!!!! 

Sunday we did a walking tour and saw the Plaza Mayor and some other buildings since had just studied Baroque period. Then we went to our last museum, which had a bunch of foreign works and we just walked around by ourselves. 

This week is Feria in Sevilla, although I have yet to go to anything for it. It's been freaking POURING all week, so I refuse to walk the whole way to the district where all the Feria partying is going on. Apparently there's a lot of Flamenco dancing and horses going around and stuff, so hopefully it stops raining later this week so I can go. 

So I suppose this is all for now.

Hasta Luego!