Ah, Sevilla.....

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May 14th 2013

Published: May 14th 2013

We spent our last full day in Sevilla visiting the Parasols and the Cathedral and just wandering around and seeing some beautiful gardens, parks, and buildings...

The Cathedral, while immense, was oppressive in a way and had none of the beauty and grace of the Alcazar (and it cost more to get in!)

We are off by bus to Granada tomorrow mid-day...

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Lynn Beebe

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I was a primary teacher in a K-12 alternative school. In 2006, I took a leave for four months, travelling through Central America. I visited schools and studied Spanish along with being a tourist. My class followed my travels through this blog. I have continued to use this blog to keep friends, family and my students connected to my travels, recently in Mexico and now Kenya! 2009 I am now retired and my husband and I hope to do even more traveling! I am volunteering in an after-school program on the Indian reservation where we live and at the local art museu... full info

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More glorification of genocide...

Tribute to Columbus...

Lynn and nuns

Street in Sevilla

Porcelain decor on building

Bell tower

"The Parasols"

Controversal new installation made of wood

View from top of Parasols

Underneath, there are the ruins of Roman dwellings, unearthed when they were constructing the Parasols...

Beer break

There are so many wonderful little plazas like this one to choose from, when you want to sit down...

Cathedral Interior

Sit-in protest by public employees in the Cathedral

Chris Colon tomb, maybe

His bones may be in this coffin, or they could be his son's... I was tempted to spit on the statues....but didn't...Hard to see genocide celebrated....