Sunday, March 15, 2009

Taking a stroll through the park.

After an early breakfast (2pm), Jennie and I decided to take a walk around Parque Maria Luisa. The park has beautifully layed out walkways with trees and plants from all over the world. In the middle of the park is the Plaza de Espana (below), which has become one of the most recognizable buildings in Sevilla.



My grandma would be so happy that I found her maiden name!


Jennie was soooo excited about this building.

The definition of beauty!

We stumbled across the replica of the ship that Ferdinand Magellan used to circumnavigate the world for the first time in history. He sailed from this spot at the Port of Sevilla on the Guadalquivir River. The replica ship actually sailed around the world in 1991.


Every Sunday night Jennie and I eat dinner at El Gato Azul, a pizzeria within a hundred meters of my apartment. Since living in Sevilla, we have become accustomed to the "free-style ordering" technique. FSO is a technique used when you have no clue what the items on the menu are or when you just want to be a little spontaneous. Today, we ordered a penne pasta with tomato sauce, basil and 2 "mystery ingredients".
For an appetizer we had Frommagio al Horno. Baked cheese, with caramelized red onions, ground nuts and bread.
Topping off our dinner con fresas y nata (strawberries and whipped cream). SLURP!!!

ITALY HERE WE COME!!!! Since my team does not play again until the 28th of this month, Jennie and I have decided to pack up our back packs and head off to Italy. We are flying to Rome this Tuesday morning and are planning on visiting all the places in one of Jennie's favorite movies, "Roman Holiday". From there we found tickets to Milan that cost 0 Euro on Ryan Airlines (too good to be true), however, we had to pay every kind of tax imaginable, we even have to pay to use the restroom!!! In Milan, we are very excited (and by we I mean Jennie) to see all the Italian Fashion houses. We just looked up the weather forecast in Milan and we are in store for snow. We will try to update the blog from Italy!
-Arrivederci

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