Seville
Travel Blogs from Seville, Spain and Canary Islands
Sevilla, la sorpresa
27 Febrero Llegamos la noche del 26 a Sevilla buscando un hostal cerca del centro, gracias a un folleto que teniamos pudimos dar con uno. Este mañana me lleve una sorpresa, mientras estaba dormido o medio despierto mas bien, llego una chica y me ...
Sevilla: Tapas y Flamenco
... estoy aquí, quiero mejorar mi uso diario de Español, aumentar mi vocabulario, y visitar muchas partes de Andalucía. Hello from Spain! My journey began when I arrived in Sevilla, where I will live for six weeks while studying history. ...
Back to Sevilla
... . We sat at a little outside café in Barrio Santa Cruz and enjoyed our meal as we watched tourists and locals stroll by. Paella is definitely a must in Spain, but don't go to a shop with a "Palleador" poster/sign, for those buy the food from ...
The last few days...
... . We had dinner before taking the train back to Lisbon. Our original plan had been to take an overnight train from Lisbon to Seville, Spain but our plans changed when we couldn’t book a reservation on the bus that night. So we booked one for the ...
Back to Sevilla
... the city, back in the eighth through tenth centuries when Cordoba was the capital of Al-Andalus (the More-controlled region of Spain). Thus, the street today is still named Cordoba Street. Anyways, I'd never noticed an old stone section on ...
sevilla....i love it here
we are in seville and loving it...the people and the service here are so pleasant....its a complete 180 degrees from madrid....em and i had an amazing dinner last night...i think the best that i have had in a long time...we went to this cute out door cafe ...
Is it Art or Is It Oppression?
... , like sponsoring a library, school, or something like that? No matter the actual outcome, our visit to the Seville cathedral and the former Jewish quarter left the group profoundly changed. During our closing circle that took place the Saturday ...
Pretty Andalucian girls...
... and Spanish tourists, the Spanish and Portuguese governments have not yet seen fit to link the Algarve to Spain by rail, so it's to Seville by bus for us. My awareness of Seville thus far is limited to a couple of Virg's observations.. ...
Andalucia 4- Sevilla and Cadiz!
... was clear when we saw Andalucia at the bottom and Africa at the top, with Italy to the left, not right, of Spain. I thought it was pretty funny and started laughing, but I was the only one... either no one else found it that amusing, or they weren't ...
Par Valladolid, Salamenca, Caceres et Merida
Nous nous sommes levés très tôt pour avancer le plus possible vers le sud. Bilan de la journée : de 8H du matin à 21H avec très peu de pause. Environ 600 km. Et le camion n'a même pas chauffé ! Les paysages sont passés de : rien ...
Back to Sevilla
... produced by Christians in imitation of the Moorish styles. Gothic-Mudejar was a style unique to 14th and 15th century southern Spain in which elements of traditional Gothic style are mixed with Islamic styles (i.e. Islamic horseshoe arches and ...
Back to Sevilla
... ; For lunch, you'll order 2-5 different types for a sampling. It is always crowded, mostly with locals, has a great atmosphere, and is absolutely delicious. By then, it was past two pm and definitely time for a siesta as the day had heated up ...
Matadors and thunderstorms
On wednesady we went into Seville and after standing in queue for a while, that turned out to be the wrong one we went into Seville's bullring. To look around you have to join a compulsarory tour which luckily was in English as well as Spanish which we ...
I'm tired!
I did so much! It was a good 'embrace your inner tourist' day. I found a cute, little place for breakfast and then happened upon a mass service in a beautiful, little church. My Spanish is definitely coming back, slowly. I would hear a word like ...
Cobbled
I´m in Seville. The past 24 hours have been... well. difficult. I spent more than five of them lost, my room last night was quite literally a closet and I have unfortunately walked away with these strange little bites that seem to indicate bedbugs ...
lazyness has overcome....
... seen so far on the trip. i also had the privilege of going to a bull fight while there. they say that Seville has the best bull ring in all of Spain, and last Friday was both National day, and the last bullfight of the year so i sprang the 20 euro it cost ...
Sevilla, aaahhhhh
15 September 2008 Seville On the terrace with a brandy and coke - eat your heart out! The Pension we are staying in is one of those that is built around a central coutyard, with rooms around each of the four sides. Some of the more ...
Semana Santa, Big festival
... ; Here is a little on Semana Santa: OK, so Semana Santa is a religious festival (catholic) that happens all across Spain in basically ever town. Sevilla is the largest, but many other places are quit large also. These people basically ...
Seville - tapas and flamenco!
... met Michael from Melbourne who is staying at Oasis hostel as well so we found it together which helped since it was raining and Seville streets aren't well sign posted. Oasis is really good, although after 3 weeks in Morocco it's nice to be anywhere that ...
Mad driving skills in the city of Flamenco &tapas
... largest and most impressive Cathedrals and get blown away by the intensity of a flamenco dancers passion on the dance floor. If you come to Spain, Seville should be on your list of places to visit, hands down. But, bring a map! Ok, I’ve been known ...
Staying in Seville
... . We also discovered a brilliant little shop that sells delicious and extremely cheap cakes and pastries. Yesterday we went into Seville and saw a huge procession that included two marching bands, men on horses with bugles, hundreds of men dressed in ...
On the terrace, AGAIN
... little foolish. Still, on our way back from our abortive trip we stopped at another little Plaza, with a few benches and trees, for a little breather (Spain does the repose thing very well) and lo and behold, right opposite us was the Fine Arts ...
opening blog - spanish
hola a todos, este d'ia nos fuimos en autobus muy pronto a madrid, porque un dia antes nuestra casera nos dijo que no nos devolvia el dinero de la renta. Asi que tuvimos una tarde muy entretenida mientras intentamos resolver el tema. que segun un ...
Salud to Seville
We've been enjoying Spain and are starting to get used to the Spanish lifestyle – sleeping in, afternoon siestas, and late nights (dinners start around 9 or 10pm). Spain in the summer it very hot so we’re finding that an afternoon siesta is ...
sevilla !!!
auf der karte erkennt man das weisse zelt-dach der terrasse des backpacker-hostals :-) (auf ´hybrid´klicken und ran-zoomen) nachdem mir fast die pflaster ausgegangen sind, um all die blatern und blasen zu verbinden, welche ich durch meine stylischen ...
For our parents
... A large floret of broccoli 2 large tomatoes A homemade vegetable soup including: 2 carrots, 1 swede, 1 turnip, 1 stick of celery, 1 leek and 1 parsnip. Tammy has also been consuming no small amount of olives. This is due in no small part to the fact ...
Doowee Utrecht, Hola Espana
... how this happened... but i´m having fun- hope you guys are all having fun too... there are mosquitos here and i just got bitten on my face. fuck that. but seville is nice. its very pretty. but i´m drumk. i miss you guys so much. i reallyu do ...
back to Seville
... how this happened... but i´m having fun- hope you guys are all having fun too... there are mosquitos here and i just got bitten on my face. fuck that. but seville is nice. its very pretty. but i´m drumk. i miss you guys so much. i reallyu do ...
Steamy Seville
... . We flew Vueling which is a new Spanish low fare airline that I would definitely recommend if flying to or from Spain, better than EasyJet. And we stayed in a hostel right off Calle Sierpes which is one of the main shopping streets. North of there is ...

