Seville
Travel Blogs from Seville, Spain and Canary Islands
Feria de Abril - or Sevilla's county fair
... hat - because that's what it looks like. It's called moose for short. Anyway, back to Sevilla. I enjoyed just walking around and looking at everything going on. Chad had a slight fair nervous breakdown when we realized we couldn't get into any of the ...
Expo 92, Sevilla
... our guide from yesterday. For some reason we think the bus ride will take hours but it won't even take an hour and a half - Seville is only 115 km from Cadiz. Countyside is quite interesting and we drive through an area of the vineyards ...
Extremes
... 's probably a good thing that I am now on route to Lisbon. Yesterday I crossed the strait from Tanger to Tarifa and continued onward to Seville. I had planned on travelling through to Lisborn last night but a hiccup with my bus ticket left me stuck in ...
Seville
... of the shops. After enough window shopping to almost make us cry, we headed back to our watering hole for dinner and a pint. Seville has been incredible, and just when we thought Spain couldn't get any better! Keep the streak alive Barcelona! ...
Half Time
I hit my 50 day mark in Seville, Spain. I can't believe it's only been 50 days because it seems like I've been traveling for so long. Thus far, I've visited about 25 cities in 10 countries and met countless number of people along the ...
Loving Spain
... to catch a bus southward to the coastal city of Faro. From there we picked up another bus across the border to Seville, Spain finally arriving in the late afternoon. Buses in Portugal and Spain couldn't be easier. Every segment of the population rides ...
Seville
We found Seville to be one of the prettiest cities in Spain and possibly in Europe that we have seen so far. The wealth of the Americas flowed through this city (and Cadiz) for 3 centuries, and traces of this wealth are visible everywhere. The city ...
seville has snails!!!
... and goes off every night. Orange trees line the streets, along with jumping tapas joints, cheesy souvenir shops and camera toting tourists....seville is a very touristy place. The moorish legacy is everywhere to see, from the massive cathedral to the ...
Women of Seville
... one last swim in Portugal, a lasting memory perhaps. We hung out as it was a nice day, and then jumped back into the van and headed to Spain. Once again, we went to the border, and once again, there was no border crossing, just the welcome to Spain sign, ...
More Moors
... from our return from Izzyville would fly by, and in no time at all, we would be winging it down to the South of Spain and into Sevilla. The trip from Sevenoaks to Stanstead is generally a hit and miss affair. Actually, it is always miss as there ...
Leaving Madrid.......finally!!!
... nice. Thereīs a bit where all the local bongo drummers hang out and play some really nice stuff. We sat in the sunshine and chilled out. Seville is not as warm as Sian hoped it would be. Nevermind in Morocco it will no doubt be too hot. One novelty ...
Creature Comforts in Seville
Hi Folks, Well, nothing like going from one extreme to another. The story of our lives. Here in Seville among the rich and the beautiful, we are enjoying some nice R&R. Unfortuately if you are not careful it is easy to gain back all of that weight ...
Hot chocolate is a local speciality
A bus from Malaga took us to Seville for an overnight stay in this city famous for it's cathedral and hot chocolate. I eyed up the hot chocolate on sale at every bar but unfortunately at that time I didn't know that it was a local speciality! I was later ...
Full of Bull
... of Christopher Columbus. The cathedral also had the huge former minaret (La Giralda) that acts as an adjoining tower. Seville is also the home of bull fighting in Spain, so we brought a ticket to the fight on Saturday at the Plaza De Toros De LA ...
Sevilla
... had a sleep in and then took off exploring. Most everything was closed but I did manage to find my way to a few monuments and gardens. Orange trees everywhere. It is spectacular! I am excited to explore and discover so much ...
Another day, but it's Sunday
... site today to do some measuring (starting to get the hang of this metric thing I think, I guessed a measurement right) and brainstorming. It's a pretty interesting site, it's an acute triangle footprint with roads on all 3 sides. Interesting delima but ...
Small Town Charm
... kept the turning the air off and the lights on until 2:00 am. So I wasn't in too good of a mood. So far Seville is a pretty cool place. It definitely has that small charm feel to it. I went to the Cathedral and it was pretty ...
Sunny Seville
... and lived in as a palace by Spanish rulers since. It is still the official residence of the Spanish king and queen in Seville. It was a fascinating building a complete mix of Islamic and Christian architecture, with amazing very aromatic gardens to ...
Day 1 January 4, 2007
... 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 and was recently completed in the last three years. The ceiling has peaks and troughs - looks like a sine wave. ...
Seville
I donīt really have a too much to say about Seville. Itīs a wonderfully beautiful place, and as such, has attracted every tourist with a camera and a floppy hat. As ususally is the case though, itīs for good reason. Seville has amazing parks, ...
DRAG me to Sevilla
... there has to be people there now. Nope, itīs still dead. I go out to eat alone (surprisingly the first time since I arrived in Spain) to some kebab joint. There, out of nowhere, is a kid, Jace, whom I met in Valencia walks by. The odds of me being ...
Jesus Christ I'm melting.....
... Just so you know I called them and they said they would post me the iPod and Vegemite... We arrived in sweltering Seville and had a quitet night - whipped up some scrambled eggs and salad for dinner and relaxed with a bottle of Lambrusco, bathing ...
Feria Festival and the Barber of Seville
... the haircutting by taking off one of his eyebrows in the middle of the night. Rocked up to board our 2 1/2 hour fast train to Seville, and though Brooks found his seat fine in the next carriage, Rev and i soon found that our tickets were printed for ...
ooo Old School
21 September 2009 Arrived in Seville from London Stansted at 20:45 by a Ryanair flight and called my couch surfing host Antonio Romeo who was very helpful even though he could't speak English very well. He had another couch surfer staying with him, a girl ...
Bienvenidos a Sevilla
... am sure that I will also take a weekend to visit my roommate David who is studying in Alicante (on the Mediterranean coast of Spain), Barcelona, Madrid, and Cadiz (only in the spring, when it is warm enough to swim in the ocean, Cadiz is on the Costa del ...
Sleep ins and hot temps
Three hour bus to Seville mostly through sunflowers and olive groves, arrived to amazing temperatures up to 45 degrees at 6pm! Had the locals version of fish and chips... fish... and potato chips. Odd. Had our first sleep in, thanks to sleeping pills and ...
Madrid, Lisbon, Lagos, Sevilla
... and ended up traveling to Sevilla with them. Since Iīve been in Sevilla we have seen the Cathedral, rented a paddle boat and toured the bullfighting ring. Thereīs not much to say about any of them except that the Cathedral is absolutely amazing. The ...
Catch Up
... tech today, and went and hung out with them that night. There a lot of Americans here. May 28 2006 We walked around Seville today trying to get orientated with the city; we went to the cathedral here, which is the 3rd largest cathedral in the ...
Sevilla NOT Seville.
... ; I forgot a good story. A group of us were wandering around inside the cathedral reading from my personal favorite book about Spain by Rick Steve's, god of travel. Suddenly one student (you will probably guess the name in a minute :) saw a ...


