The Beginning of the End

I knew that after Feria my time in Sevilla was going to go by really fast. After our break we had one full week of classes left. I started to prepare for my final exams during this week while doing some last minute exploring. I have lived in Sevilla for over 3 months and feel like I have seen a lot but I know that there is still so much more to see. Every time I headed home during this week I purposely got lost (it's the best way to discover new places!) I got ready for a fun and busy weekend.

Saturday I went on my last day trip with CIEE to two places in the region of Cádiz. First we stopped off at a town called Pueblo Blanco and exploring it for a bit. We then headed to Puerta de Santa María, which is a beach town. I was so excited to head to the beach but the weather, which had been great and spring/summer like the two weeks prior, started to revert back to the cold and rainy weather that I have grown accustomed to in Sevilla. Luckily it didn't rain but it was definitely not beach weather. However it was warm enough to sit on the beach, which was still really nice.

Sunday I went on my last of threes mandatory trips with my program, the first was the day trip to Ceuta and the second was the weekend trip to Cordoba and Granada. This trip was to Serendismo (mountains in the region of Cádiz). We went with some Spanish students from the university and both groups got to practice our new language while hiking through a really pretty forest. The weather again wasn't ideal, it was cold but wasn't so bad when we were hiking.

We hiked to another town to eat and relax for a bit. Then we were supposed to hike back but Mother Nature did not want us to. While we were eating lunch it started to hail so we made our way to a cade to see if we could wait out the hail and make our way back. A short while later it became obvious that we were not going to be walking back. The bus ended up coming to pick us up and we headed back to Sevilla.

View from where we ate lunch (before the hail)

That night was spent finishing homework and studying for finals. Also I started to plan out my final weekend. It's hard to believe that in less than two weeks my program will be over and I will be traveling with my parents. Here's to a great and productive (can't forget about the ¨study¨ part of this experience) last days of this journey!