Vertice Aljarafe Hotel Seville
Avda Republica Argentina S/N, Bormujos Seville, Andalusia, 41930, Spain and Canary Islands
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Columbus Day
Hi Everyone,
Yesterday we celebrated Columbus Day. In Spain it is called National Hispania Day but it is meant to be a celebration to honor Christopher Columbus and his voyages under the Spanish flag. My school was closed and in honor of dear old Christopher we decided to do some exploring.
We started off with a walk to the Seville archaeological museum. It is near the Plaza de ...
Goodbye Seville
... for hours on end we desparately need to rest. With this in mind we returned to our hotel to pick up some reading material and made our way to the shady Parque de Mania Luisa. We found a bench seat with a view of the spectacular Plaza de Espana and caught up on some reading we had been intending on doing for some time. This was very relaxing and a great way to spend the afternoon. It was nearly 20:00 by the time we returned to our hotel and before leaving ...
La primera semana
... is a tasty gazpacho (tomato soup typical of sevilla especially because it is served cold and is very liquidy, thus its good to eat in the heat.
Sevilla has the Guadalquivir river that runs through the city and separates it, and is connected by bridges. Other than that there is no ocean, as you can see from a map so its very very hot here.
For the first few nights I had a sandwich of queso y jamon (cheese and ham) with salad and olive ...
The most memerable moments
... the River on the way home is just a bonus.
Next week a couple students taking the dance class and I are going shopping for the Fería. Each year every girl buys a new flamenco dress "the latest style". Im going to try to shop for a flamenco skirt and maybe find a matching shawl. You can dance Sevillanas without a Flamenco dress, but I would like to increase my chances of getting picked up by a espanole riding in on his horse dressed ...
Sevilla; The Living Museum
The first day I arrived in Sevilla after finishing lunch with the family I am living with we had oranges for dessert. It was the first time I ever peeled an orange with a knife. Our senora and her daughter were both able to peel an orange in one long swirl before I was even able to get the top of mine off. A couple days ago I finally peeled my orange in one long spiral and the Senoras daughter, Lucia picked it up and goes “mira!” ...
This hotel was formerly known as: Vertice Aljarafe



