Feb 28=Andalucia Day

So, we don´t really know what Anadalucia day is, and apparently neither do the locals. But this made everything closed, including the post office, bank, and grocery store, and therefore, we were unable to get toilet paper.

However, during the day, we went to the cathedral in Sevilla, which is the third largest in the world (second only to the Vatican and the one in London), and also holds the ashes of Christopher Columbus. We also climbed the 34 flights of stairs to get to the very top, which had an awesome view of the city, and very large bells that broke your ear drums every 15 minutes.

Later in the day, we met up with some of Dan´s friends, Neria and Susannah, who he knew when he studied here several years ago. We first went to another tapas bar (beware of pig grease), then went to an Italian restaraunt (notice the strange combination of foods we´ve eaten), which was very tasty.

After that we headed to a very smoky bar where there was a free flamenco show. The whole time we were debating about the gender of the flamenco dancer, but we were assured that it was in fact a woman, just a very ugly and very hairy gypsy woman. I was also concerned the whole time about the health of the man who was singing during the dancing. He was straining to hold the notes for way too long, and was beat red in the face during the entire song. I decided if he was to flop over and have a heart attack, that Dan and I would spring into action, and I would shove some Aleve down his throat...

Oh, I left out a very important point..the arguing. I won´t tell the details, except for the fact that there was a lot of name calling, slamming doors, us almost getting kicked out of our hostal, and a lot later bedtime than we had anticipated...more on that when I get back.

I think now we´re about to head to the Archivo de Indios, which has a bunch of stuff from Christopher Columbus´ trips. Should be neat! :)