Sevilla

What can I say? It was definitely a beautiful city with all the amazing architecture that Andalucia has to offer. We arrived Thursday night and went straight to our Hostel. It was GORGEOUS. It had a terrace with hammocks, coaches with covered shades and even a jacuzzi. Although we shared 6 people in a room, it wasn't a horrible experience because in our group of 15 people, we were not sharing the room with random strangers.

That night we ate out at a Mexican restaurant. It was the first time in 2months that I ate Mexican food so ontop of how cheap it was, I thoroughly enjoyed it. Funny thing is that I ordered Spicy Salsa to put on top of my Burrito and of course everyone at the table freaked out when they saw me dumping 5 spoonfuls into my burrito.

The next day we split up into different groups based on our choices of what to do first. In my group we went to Real Alcazar first. Its a Royal Palace that the Moorish Kings built. In case you don't know, Spain was inhabited by Muslim rulers called the "Moors" before the Inquisition of King Ferdinand and Queen Isabel.

It was a gorgeous palace with many outdoor courtyards and gardens. The architecture was so intricate and it had a million arches. (In case you don't know I'm a huge fan of arches and intricate ceilings). It was such a large place that it took nearly 2hours to walk through it all.


Next, we went to the Cathedral of Sevilla. Luckily enough the exact moment we were there Prince Charles and his wife were also there. We got a chance to see her wave out of her car window; my friend swears that his wife was waving at her!

After that we headed to Plaza de España. If you don't already know, every Spanish city has some of the "same" places. There's always a Plaza del Ayuntamiento, a street named Gran Via, and a Rambla. More importantly, there's always a Plaza de España. However, the Plaza in Sevilla is a lot better than in Alicante. There's a magnificent half-circle structure and in the center there is a fountain. Surrounding the fountain are little moats, kind of like the Venitian canals. Take a look below:

After that we headed back to the hostal and the Lithuanian girls in our group had a dinner prepared for us. It was so sweet that they bought groceries and cooked a dinner for us and had it ready as we arrived. (In case you don't know, many hostals have kitchens and Europeans tend to buy food and cook it instead of eating out  as often as us Americans.)

That night, we headed to see a free Flamenco show. It was a very interesting experience. I would recommend anyone to pay to see a Flamenco show because what we saw was very simplistic compared to what I've heard that you can normally see in a Flamenco show.

The next day we went back to Plaza de España. Across from it is a nice park where we sat and had a picnic. After the picnic, we went to a few of the free museums they had in the city including the Museum of Art and Customs.

After our walk through the parks near Plaza de España and the visit to the museums. We walked to the Torre del Oro as well and then headed back to the hostal and went off to the airport. It was only a few days but it was an amazing experience. It was my first taste of Andalucian culture and architecture and I loved it.