New Record

Saturday, April 17
Today I walked over 11 miles! I love not having a car. It's a certain sense of freedom. It makes me feel very good to know that I can take myself all over this city without any help.
For the morning, I went to the museum of contemporary art. It's in an obscure location and it took me about an hour to walk there. The walk was loads of fun though because I walked through the neighborhood of Triana, and then along the river. The museum had a photography exhibition from the 70's and a collection of paintings from Madrid. It was in an old convent of course, and had extensive gardens.
After lunch, I walked to a mall in Nervion to meet the only friend I have who did not go to Portugal. The mall was huge and I'm very glad I got to experience it. I bought a dress at H&M. H&M is one of the very few chains that exists in both the states and Spain. (Along with Starbucks, TGI Fridays, McDonalds, and Mango)
After the mall we went to the Corte Ingles. Corte Ingles is a huge department store all over Sevilla that has everything from furniture, to clothes, to groceries. It is like a really upscale expensive Wal-Mart. This particular Corte Ingles is 9 stories. There was a section dedicated to Feria dresses. Feria is next week and the dresses are all very full of ruffles and polka dots. It was a most exciting experience.
I also ventured to demonstrate my knowledge of Sevillana dancing for Isabel. She knows the dances too and started to dance with me. Her friend Juan Carlos knows how to sing the music, so we had a regular fiesta in our house after dinner. They both said that I was a good dancer for an extranjero, or foreigner.
Today was a good day.