Traylers hit Seville
Trip Start
Mar 05, 2008
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Trip End
Jan 11, 2009
Seville, Andalusia, Spain and Canary Islands
Thursday, August 14, 2008
Our story continues as we head towards Seville (I believe this was the site of the winter Olympics a few years back?). We picked out a campsite off the sat nav (& it was the one recommended in the Lonley Planet) and followed the directions ... but all we found was a jungle of weeds & an airport! Great start! We were going to blame Jane/Kate, til we saw the old sign on the fence - they had obviously moved since she put her maps together.
So we headed towards the next closest one - 20 minutes the other side of town! - but it turned out to be a very good choice, with free swimming pool (most make you pay for the pool!) and free wifi!
Ian outside the giant cathedral in Seville
Drove into Seville the next morning & had a good look around - it seemed like a very nice place. Things we saw included:-
* the Cathedral (apparently one of the largest in Europe. Mass was on when we arrived, so we couldn't look all over, but going in & out the four different entrances, we got a pretty good idea what it was like.)
* the archive museum (with maps & documents showing how much the United States of America owed their history & existence to Spain!)
* Plaza d'Espana (the best place we saw in Seville. It was a giant semi circle of buildings all decorated with mosaic tiles depicting Spanish cities. The area was complemented by a canal, a couple of bridges & a large fountain - really nice)
* Parque Luisa Maria (a park with a maze of roads, trees & gardens - it was ok, shade on another pretty warm day!)
We decided not to do the Alcazar, Palace & Gardens since we saw La Alhambra in Granada.
Next stop ... the Spanish coast! Yay, the beach!!!!
