sevilla!

yesterday we woke up late ....noon. we had missed our 11 oclock check out, and breakfast. they were not too happy.

then we headed to the train station and boarded a 3oclock train to seville.

seville, we quickly learned, is the hottest city in madrid. when we got off the train, it was roughly 104 degrees. damn...

our hostel, el nuevo suizo, is right in the heart of the city. it is a really old building with a lot of character. the only downside is that we were sharing a room with 8 other people....without air conditioning.. bummer.
but the roomies were really nice, a few from north carolina, the rest european.

we walked around for a few hours exploring. caitlin's feet were destroyed by that point, and she was determined to buy some new shoes. fortunately, 95% of spain's blocks are occupied by shoe stores (seriously, its really odd..).
then we had our afternoon jarra of sangria.

at night we went to a packed flamenco club and got our first taste of the intensely emotional spanish dance, and an interesting drink called the Agua de Sevilla...

sleeping was rough in the heat, but bearable.

today we are going to the flamenco museum and to the bullfighting arena!