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A ton of people in my residencia are in API (the study abroad program that I am in) however most go to the other university (not Universidad de Sevilla) so that they could take English classes as well. Today all the API's went together for our last excursion instead of separate. We headed over to the buses at 9 am for our trip together to Doñana National Park.

First the API coordinators brought us to the city of Rocio which had a pretty church. We spent about 30 minutes in the city and looking at the church as well as the pond.

Then we headed to the National Park where we found a winding trail made of a wooden deck path. We took the curvy path all the way to a large building that was called "El Palacio de Acebron." The Palace's construction began under the supervision of Don Luis Espinosa Fontdevilla in 1960 and it took 3 years to build. It has a neoclassical style which distinguishes it from other Andalusian palaces in the countryside.

The palace was built for recreation and hunting, but now is open for visitation as a museum.

Above is the view of Donana National Park from the roof of the Palacio.

We continued our excursion by heading to the beach in Huelva for a few hours which was nice. I was very tired so I got to lay out and get some sun while resting.

At about 4:30 pm we hopped back on the buses and headed back to Sevilla. That night I went with Fatima to the Torre de Oro to celebrate one of her friend's birthdays.