New Adventures! – Journals from Abroad

Hello everyone! A little update on my study abroad experience in Spain over the past couple weeks!

I found my favorite coffee spot! It is called Ozik and is a little Japanese coffee shop about a block away from where I have all of my classes. Since coffee is cheaper here, I go there way too often, to the point where the barista knows my order already when I walk in. I usually stop by after my first class of the day on Mondays and Wednesdays to do my homework during my break.

A photo of an iced coffee and my computer with homework on a brown counter at a coffee shop close to my school, with a green wall with flowers in the background — A coffee-study break at Ozik after class

We took a trip to the Royal Alcázar of Sevilla, which is a historic royal palace from the 10th century. We went on a two hour guided tour, approx., of the Alcázar, the building was gorgeous and it was a beautiful sunny day as well!

One of the buildings from the Royal Alcázar, it is a two story orange wall viewed from a garden outside, with rows of windows on both floors — The garden of the Royal Alcázar

A photo of another outside garden in the Alcázar, with a fountain in the middle with green water and an orange/pale rustic colored building in the background — Another garden view of the Royal Alcázar

I have also been trying a lot of different restaurants. My friend Erica and I found this Italian restaurant called Bachio. We tried this meat pizza there and it was so tasty, and also the perfect amount to split between two people for dinner.

A photo of a pizza from the restaurant Bachio that we tried, it is a meat pizza with ham, salami, and ground sausage — Pizza Carnosa from Bachio

We also discovered our favorite ice cream shop, which I have been to 3 or 4 times now. It is called Gelateria Mito, and they have a couple locations across the city. I always order the nutella ice cream, which in my opinion is to die for.

Two ice cream cones from Gelatería Mito held in front of a window, with two scoops each with cookies on top, one cone is of pistachio and dark chocolate, the other of Nutella and dark chocolate — Ice cream from Gelateria Mito

This last photo is from when Erica and I explored the riverside of the Rio Guadalquivir one night after getting ice cream. It was a beautiful night and we sat along the river for a bit since it was on the way back to both of our apartments.

A photo of me sitting in front of the Río Guadalquivir, with the neighborhood of Triana shining in the background — An evening by the Río Guadalquivir

~Sofia