Ac Sevilla Torneo Hotel Seville

It's been a couple days since I’ve written so I’m just going to combine everything into one entry. We’ve done and seen a bunch of things in the last couple days so it’s kind of hard to keep it all straight. Basically, it’s been a great couple of days J After our second day in Lisbon, we stayed in the same hotel room another night. We somewhat befriended the hotel staff so that made our stay even better. We decided to do a day trip to Sintra, which is a really cool ...

... a room. That´s only a little more than the Commercial Hotel on Whyte Ave. in Edmonton.

We toured the Alcazar, which is a 10th century Moorish palace. The Muslims ruled big chunks of Spain for something like 800 years, from 720 AD until 1492. This palace was mostly built in the Moorish style, by Moorish workmen after the Catholics took it from the Moors. We all agreed that it was the most civilized and habitable royal palace that we have seen ...

... bar called Los Monos (which we have since returned to many times and have become friends with the bartenders there... all very nice people). She then showed us another bar in El Centro called Brown Sugar. Both places are great. Best part of Brown Sugar... wifi and delicious drinks. Thursday night we went out again (I love 3 day weekends every weekend) to this club called Buddha. Lots of dancing and expensive drinks but so much fun!! However ...

... own Tinto de Veriano (red wine and lemon fanta) with a bottle of 2 euro wine. Drank it with dinner in the hostel in the stinking heat - we were melting! I still cant believe that it gets to 47 degrees here. We walked over to Triana, a suburb on the other side of the river, to check out a festival that started that day. Drank more, ate tapas, and had a few chats to random locals who started talking to us. Feel so comfortable with the people here - everyone is friendly and genuinely so.

... obstructed, views from the top. On Wednesday, I visited the Alcazar again, because, like the Cathedral, if you have the opportunity, it is definitely something to be visited and explored more than once. Afterwards, I visited the Archivo de los Indios, a building devoted to the records of Spanish conquest in the new world. I did a quick run through and read the big signs, but I didn't explore ...

Day 16 - 2 November 2007, Cadiz - Seville Awake as we sail in to Cadiz, another lovely commercial port. No idea but I thought some of the ports would be more .... picturesque. What does it matter when it's what's outside the port that counts? Somehow time gets away and we have to race up to brekkie so we can gulp some cereal and get down to the Queens Lounge to get our bus stickers. Bus is loaded and five minute after we ...

So today we decided to go out on our own! We should be able to handle a City Sightseeing bus tour right. We had no problem getting to the right bus stop for the beginning of the tour and purchased our tickets. Spanglish is great. While we were waiting for the tour to begin, a man ¨shined¨Albert´s black sneakers and tried to charge him 14 Euro. Even rookies like us didin´t fall for that one. It was pretty amusing watching the exchange. Maya told us to take ...

... for Carnival. However, I got less than a block before I realized it was just too cold and turned back. I walked over the Puente de Triana and down the street, back to the apartment. Ernesto was gone when I got back, apparently having fled before any conversation could take place. Jairo and I went out for tapas and some wine before dinner, and also to buy bread so Maria Carmen can make me a sandwich to take with me for my hike tomorrow. Ernesto ...

... you could see a below the vantage point created by the ceiling over the stairs, but I could see the legs of someone in heels standing next to that bench, and I crouched down a little to see under the vantage point, and at that moment my brother, who had been sitting on the bench, leaned over so I could see his face, and I realized the woman was my mother, and I shouted, "Mommy!" and went flying down the stairs. I really have no memory of walking down those stairs. I don't remember ...

As soon as we stepped off of the AVE, we were blasted by heat. It was a dramatic climate change from Madrid to Sevilla, and by the time we caught taxis (the drivers made us each take our own because we had so much luggage!), my clothes were covered in sweat! We got to Hotel Alcazar about 10 minutes later and our program director, Wayne Martin, was waiting for us. We checked into our room and then went to a group meeting in the lobby. This was the first time that we ...