I know my blog has been sparce this year as opposed to last year, I have been busier and traveling less often this year, which leaves me less time for blogging and less interesting adventures to write about. There only so many interesting things you can tell about working, tutoring, studying... and of course going out for tapas y cervezas!
So about Feria: you remember, its the WEEK long party that occurs every year in Sevilla, and in most towns in the south of Spain to varying lesser degrees, that consists of dancing Sevilanas, drinking Rebujito, going to Casetas and divertandose :)
As for me in all of this, right after getting back from Greece I SOMEHOW managed to throw out my back AND come down with tonsillitis in the same week?! High fever, bumps in throat, the works. I was taking a cocktail of muscle relaxants for my back, fever reducers and antibiotics. I was a wreck I was pretty down and out for a solid 2 weeks. To add insult to injury, I was still recovering by the time the Sevilla Feria came around.
But I did muster my strength go "dar una vuelta" with my friends Ziad and Smita:
oh PS.... THIS was a game at Feria.... AMAZING!!!! They give you a little plastic shoe to throw. Priceless!!! (No, we didn't play, we should have.)
I also went one other afternoon with Macarena y "el grupo" buuuut that day I was estupida and forgot my camera :(
Luckily I had a second chance at Feria once I was feeling better: La Feria del Puerto de Santa Maria! At the last minute my dear amiga Hayley had an extra "traje de flameca" (feria dress!) for me! Her dad was in town visiting,and he happens to be a professional photographer, so he documented everything!
Hayley, her dad Chris, Caity, Me, Shannon
Dancing some Sevilanas!
We did an intensive lesson that morning... I got down 1 out of 4 parts of the dance. As it is very complicated and I have NO natural rhythm, I was quite pleased.
How it looks when the pros do it:
OLE! :)
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