Sevilla:

The Host Family:
I arrived in Sevilla Wednesday afternoon. I live with two grandparents, Antonio and Ana in a lovely little apartment in La Traina neighborhood of Sevilla, very close to the center of the city. Additionally their son lives upstairs with his wife and two (I think) children in a seperate apartment. They are very used to having foreign students in there home. One girl from Japan  that first came here to study, stayed for work, got a boyfriend and eventually, when they got married, Antonio gave her away in place of any family she had in Japan. From this story and other conversations I've had with them, I can gather two things: first that my host family is  very open to having a close relationship with their students, and do not see them merely as a source of income, and second, I have a lot to live up to as a student if I am going to be in any way worth remembering.
My hosts are extremely proud of their family, and having seen all the lovely photos of the nine children and thirteen grandchildren, I have to agree that their grandchildren are extremely cute (at least the little girls are. One grandson in particular has several tattoos and peircings which is questionable, but more normal here than in the states).