Dedicado a las personas que hacen Sevilla la mejor: a cheesy post about friendship

I’ve been here for almost two months now, meeting dozens of people along the way. As I spend more time in Sevilla, I’ve learned more about the value of friendship.

When you visit a new place, everything is new and amazing, but the more time you pass there you will find the place to be very ordinary, even boring, maybe. I’m starting to feel that way about Sevilla. Similarly, I’m sure all the Parisian locals walk by the Eiffel Tower and are tired of all the tourists. Anyways, it’s really the people who make a place no longer just a place but a home. Eventually you’ll tire of a place, but friends are the ones who make every day unique. I’m really lucky to have met many wonderful people here. I enjoy Sevilla, but what makes it at least three times better is walking around with Todd to the Plaza de España to eat cookies and cake and hanging out with Casey and Janessa along the Río Guadalquivir and getting pizza on a Saturday night in Los Remedios like typical Americans.

I’m happy to have my intercambio, Laura, who painstakingly helps me with my Spanish, and for my roommate’s intercambio, Joaquín. They’re an integral part of my experience here. Thanks to Laura I have discovered a new Spanish indie band, Miss Caffeina (current fave song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QP2mvrGY94g ). Also, almost every weekend, we go to Alameda to chill with Joaquín and his friends. Meeting them has opened up more exciting opportunities to meet the Spanish community and understand Spanish culture.

I’m not sure why exactly I’m feeling nostalgic now especially since I have so much time here. I have two months left this semester, and I’ll be back in February. I suppose I’m sad because I’m thinking about having to restart the cycle and make new friends, and it won’t be the same!

I’ve really come to cherish the relationships I have with other people here. Maybe it’s because the Spanish dynamic of family and friendship is so much better than in the United States. They’re so loving and nice. It’s one big family (well, let’s forget about the Catalonia issue right now haha).

If you’re reading this and I’ve met you while I’ve been in Spain, thank you. Whether we talk regularly or not, know that you have inspired me in the best way possible.