Last Friday the 20th marked my 1st
month in Sevilla, Spain. And as a way to celebrate it I embarked on a 10 day
trip through Europe, which is also why this post took a few days to post. But
starting at the beginning.
O ultimo
sexta, o 20, marcava meu primeiro mes em Sevilla, Espanha. Y como um jeito pra
celebrar embarquei numa viagem de 10 dias pela Europa, por isso tambem e porque
este post demorou um pouco, mas vou comecer de inicio
So after we finally arrived to Sevilla on the first weekend
we went and settled into our houses and also got to know the area. The first
week was spent touring around Sevilla. We also had our first week of school
where we got a tour of the school and went to classes to figure out what were
the right classes for us. I ended up signing up for an Interpretation course, a
Latin American literature course, a Latin American and USA relations, and also
an Intercultural course. All of which are in Spanish, and I am quite enjoying
the challenge. During that week we also explored Plaza de España, Las Setes,
and Alcazar, all of which are famous spots in Sevilla. For the weekend I went
out with one of my Spanish friend and went to a birthday party for an Italian
(it was quite an international party).
Dai depois que
a gente chegou em Sevilla no primeiro fim de semana fui pra minha casa e tentei
de conhecer o lugar perto daminha casa. Passei o primeira semana visitando
Sevilla. Também tinha minha primeiro semana das aulas. Acabei de fazer uma aula
sobre interpretação, uma de literatura de america latinha, relações entre los
EUA e america latinha,e uma sobre comunicação intercultural. E obvio cada uma
em espanhol. Durante a semana visitei lugares famosos em Sevilla, como Plaza de espana, las setes, e Alcazar. Durante o fim de semana fui
pra uma festinha com minha amiga espanhola.
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| Catedral de Sevilla |
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| Las Setes |
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| Noche con mi amiga espanola |
The following week was quite mellow, since for the most part
I was just in class and at home trying to get homework accomplished. I did
however visit the Cathedral of Sevilla, which is the 3rd largest in
the entire world. It also happens to have a breathtaking view of the city of
Sevilla. During my second full weekend in Sevilla I decided to take a trip to
London. Where I went to visit a friend of mine and take advantage of the
opportunity to visit another city/country. The first evening nothing to
exciting happened as at the airport as security was quite slow, and once
through I had to take a train to the city center to meet up with my friend and
to meet my other friend who I was staying with for the weekend. Finally though
after what seemed like forever of traveling around 12.00 at night I arrived to
my friend’s apartment and went to bed for the evening. The next morning was
site seeing. So once my friend finished classes we met up and walked all around
downtown London, seeing of course the usually basic sites, which was quite fun.
After that we went to get thai food as my friend’s friend in their program were
leaving, so it was their going away party. Once we finished dinner I headed
back to the house and straight to bed. The next day was some more sight seeing,
this time it was the south bank of the city. We ended up walking up and down
the bank and saw a lot of the major sites in the area. We also took a visit to
the Globe theatre. After walking back and forth of the bank we went back to met
with my other friend and went and had a drink with her at a pub near the
apartment. Since I had to get up early to begin my journey back to sevilla we
called it a night earlish and headed back to the apartment. Sunday was just
spent traveling back and reorganizing everything.
Durante a proxima semana era bem tranquila, porque so tinha aulas.
Mas um dia fui pra a Catedral
de Sevilla, que e terceiro maior do mundo. Também tem uma vista maravilhosa da
cidade de Sevilla. Durante meu fim de semana em Sevilla decidi pra ir em
Londres. Tambem visitei um amigo meu. No primeiro dia era bem chato pq fiquei
no aeroporto pra 2 e pouco noras pra causa de imigração, e também precisava de
pegar um trem por centro de Londres. O próximo dia era um dia de site seeing.
Dai quando meu amigo terminou as aualas dele pelo dia a gente foi no centro e
fez uma voltinha de Londres, visitando todos os lugares famosos. Depois que a
gente viu monte de lugares a gente foi pra comer comida thailiandese. O proximo
dia a gente foi pra ver mais coisas em londres. Esta vez fomos no South Bank.
Acabemos de andar muito de o bank e vimos tantos lugares imporantes perto do
bank. Tambem fizemos uma visita pelo Globe Theatre. Depois de caminhar tanto a
gente foi pra encontrar minha amiga e fomos pra um barzinho perto do
apartemento. O domingo so passei o dia viajando pra Sevilla.
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| Vista de Sevilla |
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| Fin de Semana en Londres |
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| London |
My 3rd week I ended up battling a cold for
basically the entire week, so really besides school and home I did not try to
go outside to much. Though one evening me and my roommate went to the city
center to meet with a Spanish friend of ours and hung out with them for some
time. When the weekend came though my friend staying in London came down to
visit Sevilla, so we spent the weekend site seeing. On Friday after I picked
them up we went and dropped their stuff off at the hostel and proceed to go to
Las Setes. Afterwards we met with some of the girls in my program and had tapas
for dinner. Saturday because of my cold we had to cancel our original plans to
go to Cadiz for Carnival. Instead we just did site seeing in Sevilla. So I took
them to Plaza de España and Alcazar and also we went up in Torre de Oro, which
shows a nice view of the river and the surrounding area. On Sunday we went to a
artisan market and then we said our goodbyes and I went home for the evening.
Na minha
Terceira semana tinha um gripe dai nao fiz quase nada durante a semana. Mas uma
noite eu e a menina q ta morrando comigo fomos num barzinho com uma amiga nossa.
Mas o fim de semana era bem melhor. Meu amigo me visitou em Sevilla. Na sexta
acabemos de ir pra Las Setes e depois encontramos amigas minhas pra comer
tapas. No sabado a gente visitou lugares famosos em Sevilla, dai fomos pra
Plaza de Espanha, Alcazar e tambem o Torre de Oro. Na manha do domingo
fomos num Mercado de artesao.
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| Las Setes |
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| Alcazar |
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| Torre de Oro |
My 4th week during the week was spent at school
and home. On Thursday I went and met some friends and we went to get a coffee.
Not much other really happened during the week. On Friday though I began my 10
day journey to varies places in Europe. To start the trip off I went to
Amsterdam. Where I was greeted by one of my good friends that I met in Brasil,
who happened to be from the Netherlands. And later in the evening we were
greeted by our other friend from Brasil. That evening we went back to my
friends place and we made chicken curry and just caught up. Saturday we woke up
early and took a train into Amsterdam, as my friend lived in a nearby city. We
ended up spending the day in Amsterdam and just walking around admiring all the
sites. By the afternoon we decided to visit the Ice Bar that was in Amsterdam.
After freezing for a little bit it was time to head back to my friends city to
go to her parents house for dinner. We ended up having a very traditional
Danish meal and also a section of the meal was from Suriname, which use to be a
Dutch colony. After that we took my friend bike into the city and met up with
some of her friends for the evening. The next morning since it was such a
beautiful day outside we decided to go and visit Delft, the city that is famous
for all the blue and white Dutch goods. It was such a cute and quaint city to
visit. I actually enjoyed it more than Amsterdam. There we just spent the day
walking around and taking in all the pretty sites. After a while of walking
around we decided to head back to my friends apartment and crash for the
evening, since we had an early train to Paris the next morning.
Na minha quarta
semana passei o tempo nas aulas e na minha casa. Na quinta encontrei algumas das minhas amigas
e fumos pra tomar uma cafezinho. Na sexta comecei minha viagem pela Europa pra
10 dias. Comecei a viagem na Holanda. Quando cheguei encontrei umas das minhas
melhor amigas que encontrei quando estava no Brasil. Depois que a gente
encontrou nosso outro amigo do Brasil fomos pra a casa da minha amiga e
cozinhamos e falamos. No próximo dia a gente acordou cedinho e foi pra Amsterdam.
A gente ficava em Amsterdam o dia interno. A tarde acabamos de ir num barzinho
feito de gelo. Depois algum tempo la a gente voltou na cidade da minha amiga
pra jantar com a familia dela. Era uma janta bem boa e acabamos de ter comida
tradtional de Holanda e Suriname, que era uma colônia da Holanda. Depois a
gente andou de bicicleta no centro de cidade. O próximo dia decidimos pra ir em
Delft, uma cidade que e famosa pra todas a coisas feitas em azul e branca. Amei
a cidade era bem fofinha e legalzinha. Ate que gostei mais do que Amsterdam.
Depois algum tempo de andando a gente decidiu pra voltar na cidade da minha
amiga porque precisamos acordar cedo pra pegar o trem pra Paris.
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| Delft |
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| Amsterdam |
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| Comida Traditional de Holanda |
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| Delft |
The following day we took a train bright and early to head
into Paris for 3 days. Once we arrived we went and met one of my Italian
friends who was living in the city. She showed us around a little and took us
to the Mosque where we got some this amazing tea from. After a while there we
decided to do some site seeing. So we said goodbye to my friend and walked down
to the river and visited Norte Dame Cathedral, and the surrounding area. After
a while of walking around and it was time to go and check into our hostel. So
we caught the metro and train and went to the hostel for the evening. Since we
were so tired from all the traveling and just made dinner and went to bed for
the evening. The next day we woke up and basically travelled all over Paris to
see as much as we possible could. We started the day off by going to Torre de Montparnasse,
which has the best view of the city. After spending some time there we went
over to check out the Effiel Tower. We also decided to climb the steps to the 2nd
floor (since the top you must take an elevator). Once we accomplished that and
got a nice view of the city we descending and went to the front part of the
tower to see from a longer distance. After that and after the rain passed we
went to the Arc de Triomphe, also which I climbed to get a view of the city.
Once done there we went to Montmare and saw the basilica and yet again another
view of the city. Then we took a quite stop by the Moulin Rouge and proceed to
another section of the city. We also passed by Place de la bastille, which is
symbolic for the French revolution. And before heading back to the hostel we
decided to stop by the Effiel tower again to see it at night, which is a site
to see. The next day we woke up early
but since there was rain we decided it was a perfect day for the museums. So we
ended starting our visit by seeing the Musee D’Orsay. It was so nice to see all
the different paintings, especially the Van Gogh part of the museum. After
spending the morning there it was time to go the Lourve. It was such a great
place to visit just to see all the amazing artwork that is stored there. Once
done spending a few hours there we went to meet with my friend that I had met
the semester before my exchange year to Italy. It was quite nice catching up
with her. When we finished there it was time to go back to the hostel as I had
to be up by 6am to catch my train to Brussels. The next morning I woke up went
to catch my train to Brussels, Belgium. Once I arrived into Brussels I was
greeted by my Italian friend, who was now studying in Brussels. We ended up
walking around the city and she showed me different places. Unfortunately my
time in Brussels was limited as I had to take a plane to Switzerland later that
evening. I did however enjoy the time I spent seeing Brussels. Thursday night I
went and caught my plane to head to my last country of the adventure,
Switzerland. I was going back to visit my exchange sister who stayed with my
family 8 years ago. It was so great seeing her again and being back to a
familiar place. On Friday morning we got up but unfortunately it was snowing
outside. Although this was so we still managed to walk around the city some and
get to revisit some places. We also went to a museum that has a private
collection of Picasso artwork. After walking around some we decided to go and
get a café. For the evening we went to her mom’s place where we had a nice
dinner and catch up time. After our time there we had to leave to go catch a
movie at the bar/theatre that she works out. Although we did not quite
understand the movie it was quite a nice time. The following morning we got up
and with her sister and sister’s daughter we went up the mountain to take a
trail through the alps. When we arrived to the end of the trail we went to a
local café/restaurant where we took a café and also I tried a Swiss cake. After
sometime we headed back down the mountain and went to make dinner, since we
were having one of her friends come and visit. We ended up making a traditional
Swiss meal and relaxing for the evening. This morning I said my goodbyes and
began my journey back to Sevilla.
O próximo dia
a gente pegou um trem pra ir em Paris, onde passaria 3 dias. Quando a gente chegou
fomos pra encontrar minha amiga italiana e tomamos uma cha na mesquita de Paris.
Depois algo tempo de falar e tal decidimos pra ver algumas coisas de Paris. Daí
fomos pela Catedral de norte dame e os lugares perto da Catedral. Depois algum
tempo de andando fomos pelo hostel. O dia seguinte acabamos de visitar quase todo
de Paris, pelo menos que podemos num dia so. A gente começou o dia de ir no Torre
de Montparnasse, onde tem a melhor vista de cidade. Depois algo tempo la decidimos
pra visitar o Torre Eiffel. E a gente andava as escadas até chegamos no 2ª
andar, pq não podia andar até o último andar. Depois a gente desceu e fomos em frente
pra ver o Torre de distância. Quando acabamos la e a chuva parou fomos pra o
arc de triomphe. Depois a gente foi pra montmare e visitamos a basílica e vimos
uma outra vista de cidade. Paramos rápidao em frente do Moulin Rouge e passemos
em frente da placa da bastilha, onde tem importância no revolução da franca.
Antes que voltemos pelo hostel passemos uma outra vez em frente do Torre Eiffel
pra ver e durante a noite. O próximo dia porque trava chovendo a gente decidiu
pra visitar os museus de Paris. O primeiro museu que fomos pra visitar era o Musee
D’Orsay. Gostei muito especialmente o parte onde vi as pinturas do Van Gogh.
Depois que passemos a manha la a gente foi pela museu de Louvre. Depois que vimos
todo que podemos ver no Louvre num dia a gente foi pra encontrar uma amiga
minha que encontrei antes me intercambio na Itália. O próximo dia eu acordei
cedinho e peguei meu trem pra Brussel. Quando cheguei em Brussel encontrei
minha amiga italiana, quem me mostrava a cidade, pelo menos que ela podia me mostrar
com o tempo que a gente tinha. Da depois algumas horinhas deu tchau e fui pegar
um avião pra Suíça, minha última parada da minha viagem. Fui pra visitar minha
irma de intercambio, quem morou com minha família faz 8 anos atrás. Era bem bom
pra ver ela e voltei num lugar que já conheci. Na sexta a genet visitei lugares
em Lucern, mesmo que estava nevando. Também fumos pra um museu onde tem um coleção
privado das pinturas do Picasso. Depois algo tempo fomos pra tomar um cafezinho.
A tarde fomos na casa de mae dela pra jantar. Depois algum tempo a gente
precisava ir pra ver um filme no bar/cima onde ela trabalha. O dia seguinte a
gente acordou e com a irmã dela e a filha da irma dela a gente subiu a montanha
de alps. Quando chegamos no final de trilha a gente encontrou num café/restaurante
onde a gente tomou um café e eu provei uma bola que e especial na Suíça. Depois
a gente desceu e voltou pra casa pra fazer uma janta com comida tradicional da Suíça.
O próximo dia Deus os tchãs e comecei minha volta pra Sevilla.
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| Norte Dame |
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| Vista de Paris |
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| Torre Eiffel |
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| Arc de Triomphe |
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| Louvre |
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| Brussels |
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| Con mi hermana |
This first month here in Spain has been quite a memorable
one. My Spanish is coming along, although not quite how I would like it to be,
it will come with more practice. Im really enjoying the Spanish culture and
experiences I have been given. And can not wait to see what the next month here
has to offer.
Em total meu primeiro mês aqui era bom e bem
lembrado. To aproveitando a cultura espanhola e todas as experiências que já tinha.
Vamos ver o que o próximo mês tem pra mim.
Until Next
Time.
Ate a próxima
vez.
