Unfortunately, my camera broke a couple of weeks ago, so I haven't been able to take pictures recently. Sad. And thus, I have no photos to accompany this blog post. So for those of you who are purely visuals - my apologies. But I still want to document my adventures, so here is the latest:
After our volleyball game yesterday, I went with some friends to a birthday party for one of our amigas, Helena. Her family has what I would equate to the Spanish version of a cabin...except that here, instead of being in a forest, her "cottage" (as they call them here) is amongst mainly olive and orange trees. [As a side note, the region of Andalucia is a huge producer of olives, olive oil, and oranges.] So we drove out to Utrera, where Helena's cottage is, and had a barbacoa. The sense of time here is something I still am adjusting to. So it still feels a bit strange for me to be having dinner at midnight, and then having birthday cake at about 2:00 am. But that's just how things are done! After a busy day and 3 intense volleyball matches, I have to admit that by about 3:30 am I was the first one to go to bed. But have no fear - the rest of the girls, in true Spanish form, sang and danced and laughed until about 7:00 am.
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