La Giralda...and return to normal feelings

Lest you erroneously presume that all is sunshine and roses here in Spain and I'm so happy to be here that I'm never going to come back...you may now rest assured. I'm definitely coming home in May. Monday and Tuesday were awesome days. I was just in a super joyful mood. But yesterday...not so much. Yesterday was another one of those days when I was just sort of melancholy, and I really missed people. Especially people from Taylor. Yet somehow, the melancholity (that has got to be a word, right?) was sort of comforting. It felt normal and kind of comfortable. So I don't think it was a bad thing.

And there were good things yesterday. The best thing was that we went as an Art class to the Cathedral. Sarah and I had gone by ourselves a couple weeks ago, but it was so much better when we had Carmen (la profesora) to explain things to us. The building is huge and beautiful, and we got to see sweet things like King Ferdinand's flag and Christopher Columbus' remains. It was really great.

And the sweetest part of the whole thing? We got to go up La Giralda! For those of you who don't know, the Cathedral of Sevilla was built on top of a mosque. The only part that is left of the mosque is La Giralda, which is the tower that the guy would go in to call the Muslims to prayer. It's huge and beautiful. Instead of stairs it has ramps because back in the day they used to go up it using horses. I'm glad we didn't have to do that. Scoops was enough last semester. I don't plan to ride a horse again any time soon. But anyway, the tower was incredible. We could see the whole city, and it was beautiful. I really hope I get to go back again.

The good thing about today is that I received some very encouraging emails. And tomorrow we go to Toledo! I'm so excited about getting out of here for a while. And staying in a hotel. That will be fun. The thing I'm not looking forward to is exams next week. But I survived them once, I supposed I can do it again. Yep. I'm no longer gushing with joy. But I'm okay.