Mérida

My program took an excursion to Mérida, the old Roman capital in Spain. Mérida has probably the most glorious Roman ruins outside of Rome, Italy. The museum, which is an architectural feat in itself, has an incredible collection of artifacts. 

We visited yet another stadium where prisoners would fight with animals or each other to the death, which totally reminded me of Monty Python Life of Brian. 

We also got to see their incredibly preserved theater, which is still used today and is basically acoustically perfect.

Temple that wasn't destroyed after the Romans lost power because the head of the town actually decided to live in it.

Roman bridge.

One of the aqueducts there. Not the more impressive one, the Aqueduct of Miracles, but it's still super cool, obviously.

When we got back to Sevilla after the day trip, one of the statues had been covered in yarn. 

And then that was my day in Mérida!

Barcelona. If you visit ONE city in Spain.... or Cataluña, whatever floats your boat.

I took a trip to Barcelona by myself one weekend, and it was basically the best trip ever. After getting to my hostel, which was ridiculously cheap AND in a good location, I went on a free walking tour. I met another girl who was traveling alone to Barcelona from Germany on the tour, and we just kind of hit it off and spent the weekend together. 

Santiponce

What's super cool about living in Spain, is that basically any city you go to is going to have something really cool about it. Since Spain used to be Rome, you can find super impressive ruins basically everywhere. Just a forty minute (or not even that long) and 2 euro bus ride outside of Sevilla is a city called Santiponce, or the old Roman city Italica, where the emperor Hadrian is from.