Oh What a Night

Whoa! So much activity last night, Los Sevillanos sure know how to fiesta! We had a little miscommunication with our senora, she didn't know that I'd be home for dinner and we didn't know that she wouldn't be (make sense?). No pasa nada (whatever), we went out for tapas instead and found a great local place in Triana, called Bar Oliva, I think the best tapas I've had yet. We got two montaditos (sandwiches), juevos flamencos (eggs baked with a tomato sauce, peas, asparagus, and chorizo...delicious), and a type of spanish cheese similar to mozzerella. Everything was awesome, but Spanish food is heavy on the garlic, always carry gum!

We planned to meet another group for flamenco, so we wandered around El Centro until we finally made it to La Carbonaria, a well known flamenco bar, but very hard to find. We got there around 11, in time for the second show. Flamenco singing is bizarre. It's set very far back in the throat and has a wailing/lamenting feel, for me it's not particularly pleasant to listen to. What's very interesting are the flamenco rhythms. They're incredibly complicated and are made by a mix of clapping and very quick tapping and stomping of the dancer's feet. Her upper body looked like it was completely still while she performed some very complex footwork.

We hung out at La Carbonaria for a while, drinking pitchers of Agua de Sevilla, some pretty strong stuff. From what I could tell, it was made with something like champagne, something that looked like a couple kinds of rum, zumo de pina (pineapple juice), and with whipped cream and canela (cinnamon) on top. When you mix it all together, it's kind of like a stronger pina colada. Then we left for a club in nervion, called Abril. We got there at 1 and there was a huge line outside, but a couple of the girls intern with one of the club's promoters, so we got to cut the line and get right in. We danced away the rest of the night and somehow ended up in the VIP section, not too shabby. I got home around 4:30, we shared a cab home. Then I woke up at 8am to leave for Cordoba! I slept on both bus rides, and I'm feeling alright! All in all a very successful night.