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Travel Blogs from Sevilla , Spain and Canary Islands
Feria de Abril - or Sevilla's county fair
This is a top pick! ... dresses, men in tight riding pants on horses, carnival rides, and all the beer and wine you can drink. I like this idea. Sevilla was beautiful and while Chad did not get to visit the barber, it was a good stop. Travel sidenote here - Chad has not had ...
Sevilla
This is a top pick! ... 'Los Gallos' theatre. Flamenco, is really an art style of song and dance that originated in Spain and the region south of Sevilla. This version of Flamenco seemed to centre around the soulful, yet painful sounding, song being chanted ...
¿Que pasa, toro?
This is a top pick! ... how to dance the flamenco. (humorous note: a guy on Lonely Planet's website posted a message saying he was going to be in Spain and wanted to know where he could see some flamingo dancing. another person replied "the zoo".) Next to the tents is a large ...
We have to get a guide book!!!
This is a top pick! ... explain it to you but I don't want to relive those 3 days of insanely boring travel again. Let's just say we wasted our time and lots of money in towns with no hostels to get here. The only reason we stayed the night in Seville was to get a guide book on ...
dont know yet
just managed to get out of the black hole that is lagos..... i know some of you know what i mean!!! its hot ...
Mi hermana en Sevilla
... unreal. We were so happy to see each other. Their hotel wasn’t ready on time, naturally, because this is Spain and nothing runs on a schedule. Stores will close for siesta and open back up whenever they feel like it…or maybe ...
Day 1 January 4, 2007
... refrigerator with a magnet. Two easy flights: the aforementioned trip to Madrid from New York, followed by a short flight to Sevilla (Sevilla and Madrid are the same distance apart as New York and Washington, D.C.). I loved Madrid's airport. It's huge ...
Compras de navidad
Hoy me toccaba ir de compras para navidad. Comprando regalos para todos en alemania no es tan facil!!! Beuno en fin encontre uno para cada uno... y mi maleta sera llenisima de regalso solo..... HEute musste ich Weihanchtsgeschenke kaufen gehen. Gar ...
Besuch von Teresa und Reise in den Süden
... als die riesige Kathedrale (die 3. grösste der Welt, ja, ja) das Alcázar und der Plaza de España hat Sevilla eigentlich nicht zu bieten. Doch die Stadt hat mit ihren vielen kleinen Gässchen, schönen Plätzen, herausgeputzten ...
Vivo
... money. Typical. So that entry will have to wait till I find a computer without such silly adornments. I am in southern Spain in a town outside of Sevilla. It´s very dry but hot, about 35C. The journey was good, but the airline did lose one of my ...
DAY 66 - MARCH 10, 2007
... of Gibraltar on Saturday. Friday was perfect. 70 degrees, not a cloud in the sky. The ride to the beach from Sevilla took about an hour (so easy) and cost 10 euros roundtrip. I went with a group of 20 Americans; we arrived at noon and stayed till ...
Bienvenidos a Sevilla
... our senora's boyfriend’s orange tree. I will let the photos speak for themselves with regard to the cathedral and other sights around Sevilla. I have yet to go to the museum de bella artes, where masterpieces by Ribera, Murillo and other famous ...
Ich wache auf
Ich wache auf es ist stickig hier drin... leise trommelt Regen an mein Fenster... Wasser rauscht die Strasse hinab... Ich dreh mich zur Seite, kann es aber doch nicht lassen versuch mein schlechtes Gewissen mit einem Blick auf die Uhr zu ...
Sevilla, Spain
Sevilla. What a city. It´s setlled in a region of Spain called Andalucia. This area was controlled by the Moors from the 700`s until 1492, the same year Columbus sailed the ocean blue. And in that time, they contributed much to the art ...
I don't speak your eigen-hoogen language
... to see that Pepi was not home. She's almost always sitting in her living room knitting or eating walnuts. Wondering when and what almuerzo was going to be, we went upstairs to relax. Twenty minutes later we hear the door buzz and frantic ...
Sevilla!
... acting like the backpack and clothing loss is not a big deal i jumped on his little skeletal body and shrieked GRACIAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I learned a very valuable lesson from this: you can dress yourself for as ...
southern spanish stay
the last week i have explored granada, cordoba and sevilla- seeing some amazing sights, meeting some interesting people and trying some suspicious foods! the highlights were the alcazar and mezquita, two buildings of adapted Islamic architecture which ...
Schreibmarathon oder
Apuntes oder wie gewinn ich einen Schreibmarathon? Heute hatte ich meinen ersten richtigen Kurs an der Uni zusammen mit den normalen spanischen Studis und ich muss schon sagen, dass ich doch trotz eindringlicher Warnungen etwas geschockt war. ...
La marcha - Weggehen bis ins Morgengrauen
La Marcha Ayer fuimos de la marcha, es decir Annika, Stefani y yo. Primero fuimos a la Carboneria despues queriamos quedar con JEsus el novio de la Annika en un bar que se llama Torero. Pero Stefani ya tenia sueño y por eso se fui a su casa. ...
Eine Busfahrt, die ist lustig... - En autobus
Eine Busfahrt, die ist lustig, eine Busfahrt, die ist schoen, *sing sum lalala* Irgendwann musste es so kommen, nun also einmal ein bisschen meine Gedanken uebers Busfahren: - ich mag den Bus, mit den orangenen Hartplastiksitzen - er bringt ...
im netz aufgespuehrt und fuer interessant befunden
introducing...... du kannst mehr geld verdienen als deine großeltern. du kannst richtig schnell autofahren und du kannst dein geschlecht wechseln. du kannst freunde finden, in allen möglichen gruppen mitmachen und du kannst dir filme zu hause ...
Sevilla
... veiws of the countryside. We were the only ones there, so it was really peaceful. Afternoon we caught the bus to Sevilla and have so far visited a mideval festival, seen some cool castles-buildings-parks etc. Off to the festival for a ...
Home of Flamenco, Bullfighting and Fiestas
... flamenco came out of Sevilla. What I didn't expect was the spectacular architecture and parks that once made Sevilla the leading Muslim city in Spain. The first place I visited was the Plaza de Toros Real Maestranza (or 'bullring' for short). Built ...
I had a rough night sleep liesje elbowed me ...
... able to obtain the cold relief medicine I needed at the pharmacy. I couldn´t have done it without my reliable pocket dictionary and a bit of dramatization. It was so hot that we spent most of our time in the air-conditioned stores near our pension. ...
Day 6 - January 9, 2007
... right. Not too sweet, not bitter. Like I had observed in Italy, Catholic churches are a strong element in Sevilla. Spain is 92 percent Catholic and is home of many archaic, grand churches. The Spanish equivalent to Christmas is El Dia de Reyes (Day of ...
Living in Sevilla
... we are literally fueling the device draining fulfillment and happiness from our lives. Energy conservation is part of the culture in Spain; even the greenest cities in the United States cannot match what I have witnessed here. All apartment complexes have ...
Seville
... rabbit in three separate small dishes. Definitely worth it. Hiked across town to the Plaza de Toros de Sevilla. No bullfights but got a tour of the ring and museum. Strolled the riverside walk towards the Plaza España. Stopped on the way for ...
Pistachios for Theresa
... (UPO for short) and it is an interesting sight. As one of the youngest buildings in all of Sevilla, it doesn’t have quite the same charm and beauty as all the other buildings. And in comparison to our universities at home, this thing is ...
Flamenco
I didn´t get her feet. I couldn´t. but... i was completely and totally moved. The pictures are dark and grainy, much like the place we went to last night. Anyway. There you go. x ...
