Italica... quite the let down.

I've just returned from an extremely long and drawn out trip to Italica.  Italica was a Roman city in Spain that is only about 20 minutes from Sevilla (which was known as Hispolis to the Romans).  It was also Julius Caesar's favorite city... but not mine.  There was not much to see, a few cool mosaics, a lot of ruins, and some outlines of what used to be mansions. Anyways, the tour lasted two hours and then we were supposed to get a 2:00pm bus back to Sevilla but the bus was an hour late!!! Or maybe our professor just messed up. Either way, there were 25 students who were hungry and upset about the bus situation. I was hungry and cranky. This may have impacted my enjoyment of the ruins, but I doubt it.  Hence, there are no pictures to show from this trip.

Tomorrow I am going to Cadiz for the infamous Carnival.  We are leaving tomorrow afternoon to explore the city of Cadiz and then I believe the festivities begin around midnight. I hope to get on a train by 5 am.  This is very crazy of me- but you know, when in Spain.  I am debating whether to bring my camera or not- so there may or may not be pictures from this excursion. But I am hoping it will be a fun time. All of my housemates are going and we were thinking of dressing up as the Spice Girls- you know, they are quite the international craze.  

Oh yeah, I went out to celebrate my birthday the next night on wednesday. We went to this Cuban place that a friend of mine recommended and it turned out to be great!  And Andrea brought me a cake from el Corte Ingles which was delicious.  Seven girls finished it all!  It was a nice birthday celebration and it definitely made up for the less than exciting actual birthday.  Anyways, we are about to go shopping for costumes for tomorrow- I want to buy a red wig!  I've always wanted to be a red head (hahaha)! Okay adios for now.