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Seville Slideshow
Seville
Travel Blogs from Seville, Spain and Canary Islands
Good riddence
... him. I'm not even his boss! LOL! There was a distinct octogenarian feeling at the hostel this evening. A whole posse of grandmas and granddad arrived to stay at the 'youth hostel'... excuse me but am I missing something here? I was glad to see ...
Sevilla - getting lost is fun, seriously!
... history. The Cathedral here used to be a Mosque until the Catholics got rid of them. So it´s half a mosque & half a cathedral. Massive and very opulent. Dinner is normally 9pm and it´s siesta time at the moment so a lot of shops are closed and the ...
Hot Flamenco Nights
... edge of the Jewish quarter in a quiet little hotel. So called Jewish because King Ferdinand III allowed Jews to stay and flourish in Seville….until the Spanish inquisition kicked them out a few hundred years later. This quarter was built on top of ...
more like thrill-villa .... but not really
... well. Not because we were partying but because we seemed to just do a lot of wondering around. A normal day for us in Seville (pronounced 'tha-vill-a' by the locals) would be: Have breakfast Find a coffee shop explore town get lost in Jewish quarter ...
Flamenco and theft in Seville
... old town. Still, I loved Seville from the start. It is a very aesthetic town and people carry themselves with a lot of pride. Seville, and the Andalucia region it's capital of, is famous for its flamenco - a style called Sevillana - and so we decided ...
Sevilla
... a half bottle of gel in his hair and spanish music blaring on the radio. Sevilla, being in southern Spain, has the distinct feel of a mediterranean lifestyle, and it was a stark contrast from the cold gray Dublin lifestyle. Settled in our ...
Viva España! Best and Worst of Spain Awards!
... teams we present to you a new Blog..............Yah!..............and a special one at that.......... The first inaugural Best and Worst of Spain Awards! You see there are many things the Spanish do well......and a whole lot ...
Seville: Bull Rings & Columbus
... a ride to the Plaza de Toros de la Real Maestranza de Caballería de Sevilla, ie, the city’s bull ring, the largest in Spain and probably the most famous in the world. We then went to the Monastery on the Isla de la Cartuja, where Columbus planned ...
Seville
... journal and have a quiet red. They’d left chocs on my pillow and cold water on a tray by the bed. Last night in Seville and I wish I had more time here. Granada was great - laid back and lovely - but Seville has a vibe that Granada somehow lacks; ...
Last few days in Sevilla
... is English so we could converse just fine, although we should have been practicing Spanish! On Friday we went to the Seville Cathedral (finally) and it was spectacular. It is the third largest in the world (so Andy tells me). The catholic cathedral ...
Back to Sevilla
On Tuesday night, I went out in Sevilla for the last time, going out to some of our favorite joints on Calle Betis, by the riverfront. It was definitely bittersweet ...
Hola (again)
... are no metros in Seville, only buses. Meanwhile, hayfever struck again. I never got it in Australia, or Japan but set foot in Spain and I can't stop sneezing. I was fine in Portugal but as soon as I got on that ferry I could feel my nose going funny. ...
Siesta Sevilla.
... and their famous bull ring (where they murder the bull mind you!). We firstly walked to the Plaza del Espania, or Spain square, which is a vast semi circular ring punctuated by fantastic towers, colourful ceramic tiles and an awesome little water canal. ...
Cool City, Creepy Cathedral
... to change for the night began. We started out the night with a bunch of us at a Flamenco show. If you go to Southern Spain, you have to see Flamence. Very Cultural. Then we sat out on this patio and enjoyed some sangria. As the night went on Shelley ...
A night in Seville
We stayed the night in Seville. Got in a fair bit of the city and rushed off in the morning for the ferry to ...
Day 4
... is the 3rd largest cathedral in the world. It is a very good example of what happened when the Christians reconquered Spain and restyled what was already built by the Moors. There is still parts of the original mosque and minaret built ...
Feria de Abril and The Matador
... the spot and its no good watching the animal suffer any more than it has to. The whole thing is very bloody - and fascinating. Spain LOVES bullfighting. Such a spectacle would never fly in the states - people wouldn't put up with it. In Spain though, it ...
Sweet Sevilla
... 30 p.m. we had certificates in hand. Woooohooo. Hurdle number one of new life - check! For the rest of the day we enjoyed Seville and went for a beer that evening to celebrate. On March 1 we walked to the river and over the bridge to Triana to check ...
Sevilla
... guest outfits were amazing, Great tapas at Bodega, Christopher Columbus tomb in the cathedral, amazing park and buildings at Plaza de España, Dave got a haircut from the Barber of Seville, bike rentals from place to place, etc., overall an excellent ...
Back to Sevilla
... best Mexican restaurant in town (hey, can you blame a girl for craving Mexican food? There's hardly any of it in Spain, somewhat surprisingly). It was about a 45 minute walk from the Residencia, in a neighborhood across the river and south of ...
Last stop on the tour...Sevilla!
... day, I walked around the town and stopped for a tour of the bullfighting arena, one of the oldest in Spain. It was started in the late 1700s and finished in the early 1800s. Several bull fighters have died at the arena over the years, most ...
Stunning Seville
... from the tree next to the tent and had that, you can´t get much fresher fruit than that! Today we have caught the bus into Seville and are now sitting writing this, for the rest of the day we plan to explore Seville and walk its streets, it ...
Waiting on Rosa!
... photo shoots. Seriously, I don´t think I´ve ever seen as many naturally beautiful women in my life. Even for Spain this place seems to have an unusually high ratio. Obviously being gorgeous myself I fit right in, but I can understand ...
Last day in Seville
this is photos from our last day of our trip in spain, so we partied itup true spainish style, all names have been changed to protect the innocent and guilty. We started it off at this place called creveceria internacional then ended it at ...
Derelict campsite
... , so when we came across a deserted motel with camping we decided to stop here. In the evening we got the bus into Seville and wandered around the streets, saw the cathedral and checked out a few tapas bars. Dad made me order everything, which is ...