the finals days of my love affair...with Sevilla!

The final days living in Sevilla....I can't imagine! Four months have come and gone just like a dream. It's weird the things I have noticed that time has really gone by, for example when I ran out of toothpaste and deodorant I was like "awee really it's been that long?!". 

I have learned so much being, I don't want to leave! I am very excited to go home but I also feel like I could just stay here, well I'm here for another 2 weeks but not living in Sevilla and my home stay.  

Our school has been pretty awesome, here we are on a tour boat in the Sevilla river for a farewell reception, it was really cool to do. Even our professors went, all of my professors have been some of the funnest and most passionate professors I've ever had, I feel like I have a real connection with them and they care about our schooling but they care most about our well being even more.

On Friday there is a free chance to go to Isla Magica which is a theme park in Sevilla, I can't go now because my host mom is taking us out for a tapas lunch being she takes us to our bus to leave.

This is one of the guys that I have been volunteering with along with Katie. He was the most friendly and welcoming of the entire bunch, maybe because he was the closest to our age. It has really been a wonderful experience to volunteer here, I have learned so much about other people and in a way about myself too. It makes me so happy to hear their stories and to know they really appreciate our work too.

 I couldn't help myself with buying this apron, I also bought a spanish cookbook so i can cook spanish foods in this! It's just too cute right.

 The next few pictures are of Parque Maria Luisa, just the biggest park in the city, its full of suprises and beautiful things!

Because I had particpated in so many activies within our program, they offered to pay for giving some Spaniards from all over Spain who had come to Sevilla for just one week, a tour around the city in english. It was one of my FAVORITE experiences yet in Sevilla. All of them were so nice and fun and we all exchanged info to keep in touch. It was really awesome!

This is my intercambio Auxi, full name Auxilidora but I can't say it haha. Our relationship started out as just meeting up once a week where she would speak and practice her English while I responded and practiced in Spanish. We were each others first intercambio and we got along so well. We have had so many talks that were more than just friendly talks, like cultural differences anything. We got really close so saying goodbye was pretty hard. She cried when she gave me this t-shirt, it hasn't quite hit me that I'm leaving but she was so sweet. We are hoping to keep in contact and be life long amigas. 

This is my roommate and our Señora Maribel and her boyfriend Diego who comes over every now and then. I didn't really like my home stay that much, but I do appreciate being in one and it was definitely an experience to remember that's for sure!