First Day of School

Hello all,

I just had my first day at the university, so I figured I'd fill everyone in. We have class at la Universidad Pablo de Olavide (UPO). It is rumored to have been a jail at one point in time before becoming a college. I cannot say if this is true or not, but it comes complete with a guard tower and bars on some of the windows. It's really not that bad - I actually like it a lot. Sure it's not as pretty as William and Mary, but it's hard to be better looking than W&M!

On Mondays and Wednesdays I have four classes, three in the morning from 9am-1:20pm (in a row!) and then a break, then another class from 4 -5:20pm. Needless to say, it's a long day, but I really enjoy my classes. On Tuesdays and Thursdays I got off easy with only one class from 4pm - 5:20pm! The classes I'm taking are International Marketing, Intermediate Spanish, Spanish Civilization and Culture, History of Sevilla (those four all in Spanish), and Global Economy (in English, but I may end up switching over to Spanish, we'll see). The professors are all great! They speak very clearly and at a slower pace, so it's really easy to understand everything.

I made a new friend at lunch today. My host mother packed my a picnic consisting of a chicken and cheese sub, apple juice box, and an orange. I was sitting outside on a bench eating said lunch and checking my emails when a stray cat tried to steal a bite! It was a cute cat, but I was enjoying my delicious lunch, so I refused to let it have any. After multiple attempts, it was content to just sit next to me and chill. I thought we were cool, but then he tried one last attempt and landed on my computer keyboard! I had to retype the message I was sending because it hit the back button on my keyboard! But it was fun. It was a very cool first day.

((Oh, and I would like to make a shout-out to Phillip's brother. Phillip is my roommate here in Sevilla and as his brother pointed out, he was nameless in the last post, so I would like to thank Phillip's brother for that and also thank him for being the first person I heard from to read this blog (although I still have no idea how you found it!)))