Girls come visit!

This past weekend Danielle Pavela, Genna Gaddy and Lindley Williams(who you will recognize from our Paris pictures..) came to Sevilla to be our first visitors of the semester! We had an amazing time just walking around with them, introducing them to our friends(and doing a LOT of translating), and enjoying the laidback Spanish lifestyle we have been blessed with all semester! We took them out Spanish style and danced til the early morning hours and all had a relaxing and fabulous weekend!

Amber and Danielle enjoying one last drink before they went back to London--see you guys in January! 

Kelly and Lindley enjoying some sangría along the river  

Lindley and Danielle at La Plaza de España 

Genna, Danielle, and Lindley crying because the one big attraction in Sevilla(the Cathedral) was closed for renovation the one day they were here to see it! Que triste... 

Kelly, Genna, and Danielle on our lovely carriage ride! 

Carriage ride through the city! 

Genna double-fisting with her starbucks tea because she was suffering a little culture shock and wasn't sure if she would be able to come back all day! 

Amber with Luque for his first starbucks experience ever!! Haha we had to show them what America was all about...and they thought it was hilarious they served coffee in plastic cups and people actually took coffee to go! 

Kelly and Genna with their white wine as we watched flamenco at Carbonería  

Amber and Fran (trying to look seductive or like a model...we're not quite sure where he is going with this look) 

David, Lindley and Danielle absolutely freezing our butts off during botellón 

Jorge, Manolo and Jorge...all with weird, different facial expressions--those crazy spaniards! 

Kelly and Javi Saturday night at botellón with the group of Spanish amigos! 

We run into half of Wake Forest in front of the Cathedral! We're so cute... 

The girls playing around after lunch in El Barrio de Santa Cruz 

A little stop by our gorgeous university... 

A little stop by our gorgeous university... 

Wake friends come to visit us in Sevilla! Genna, Danielle and Lindley with us on our lovely bridge! 

Granada, Spain

This was our last group excursion together!! They are basically just incredibly fun field trips for college students where they pay for us to stay in 4-star hotels and we basically just take over. Sadly the highlight of this trip for all of us was probably the buffet breakfast that was just incredible and had everythinggg imaginable! We all stole stuff to make sandwiches for later because it was free and too hard to pass up! The main attraction in Granda is the Alhambra--the 3rd most toured place in all of Europe! It's basically just a little city on top of a hill overlooking the city that was once the Muslim capital of the world and the home to some of the last remaining Muslim arhitecture in Spain that survived the destruction and conquest of the Catholic Kings of the time. We went to an amazing Flamenco show in a cave with the whole group and just really bonded with some new friends! We love I.S.A!

Just an incredible view of Granada from these gardens in the Alhambra... 

The foursome in the Alhambra with the Sierra Nevada mountains in the background!  

Great bus fun on the way to Granada from Córdoba! We watched Training Day(in English..therefore quite a treat) and bonded with our buddies from California! 

Katie and Missy causing trouble in the tourist shops with Flamenco aprons and the Toro Loco... 

The Giralda of the Mezquita! Beautiful... 

Kelly and Amber in the Alcazar  

The lovely I.S.A. girls enjoying a beautiful day playing in the fountains in the Alcazar!