Blogs from Seville, Andalusia, Spain, Europe - page 5

Today is Spain's National Labor Day, so the city was packed! We started our day trying to go to the Royal Alcazar Palace, to only find a line that was ridiculously long and not moving (in 20 minutes, they allowed in less than 50 people). We stood in it for a while, and decided to book a tour later in the day. In the meantime, we went to the Museo de Flamenco (The Flamenco Museum). This museum was an interactive museum with a lot of videos, costumes, artwork, etc. Cody and I learn best by having written information in front of us with the option to listen to audio/video, but with only having videos of different dancers showing the variations of flamenco, this museum was not for us. We liked walking around and watching some stuff, ... read more

We had kept the first day largely for finding our feet. The walking tour helped with orientation. Fortunately the weather was not too hot, but in summer it must take it's toll. As the sun beats down, the tourists queue. Morning is clearly more popular and demand is at the highest. We could see the masses gathering, as we walked across from Metropol Parasol. We had already booked tickets online for the Real Alcazar. The ticket also gave the option to visit the upper apartments for an extra sum of 5 €uros. We had booked in advance for the last tour of the day at 1:30 pm. The upper apartments are still technically a working royal palace. There were no photos and no bags, so keep a 1 €uro coin handy for the lockers to which ... read more

Rain rain go away ... to depressing for me to stay . That is how I felt . Seville has had the equivalent of a years rain in the last 3 months..another example of climate change. After the previous day I sent a note to my trusty travel agent saying I had had it and would like to change my ticket for an earlier return . YEAH SUSAN !!!!! She was able to get me onto a flight on the 14th and i was pleased . As it happens i was able to takethe fast traIn to Madrid on the 13th and met BRENDA on the platform 10 minutes later as she arrived from Valencia.Great timing.And the sun was shining after raining all morning . BUT I have gotten ahead of myself . Seville day 2 ... read more

So... es ist so weit... jetzt schreibe ich meinen letzten Post aus Sevilla also um 02:00 Uhr früh. Warum? Weil ich viel zu berichten habe - und sowieso nicht schlafen kann. 3 Stunden Schlaf bis zum Abflug nach Wien müssen reichen. Meine letzte Woche in Sevilla war wundervoll. Ein guter Mix aus Routine, neuen Aktivitäten und tollen Ereignissen. Und noch dazu fabelhaftes Wetter. Ich glaube am meisten berührt hat mich diese Woche das teatro espontáneo (Spontanes Theater) zu dem mich meine Spanischlehrerin Irene eingeladen hat. Dieser Abend war komplett gelungen - nicht nur, weil das spontane Theater echt eine tolle Erfahrung ansich war, sondern auch weil ich den ganzen Tag schon von meinen Lieben hier umgeben war und den Abend noch mit tollen Menschen ausklingen lassen durfte: Irene, Fernando und Tiago. Beim spontanen Theater geht es ... read more

We spotted a place called the Los Angeles Café on our way to the next hotel (almost next door to it, actually) and made a note of the presence of eggs. We park our in-transit luggage next to a table and slam a couple huevos without going out of our wayvoes. The new place is fine and we’re in and out pretty quick. This will be one of those very short blog entries everyone dreams of. Here’s why we spent an extra day here and why we didn’t need to: While looking at a travel guide we saw a picture of the gardens of the Alcazar, another palace/grounds combo here in old town. Steve glanced at the shot and instantly recognized it as Dorne from Game of Thrones! A Google search confirmed it, so we had ... read more