A Trip to Andalucía for Holy Week (Semana Santa): Part 1--Sevilla

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April 2nd 2016

Published: April 2nd 2016

An AmeriCorps friend and her boyfriend came to Spain for vacation during Holy Week, and I headed to Sevilla to meet them. I took a twelve-hour overnight Alsa bus from Ourense to Sevilla, on which I got much less sleep than anticipated (lots of stops including two half-hour stops where we had to get off the bus). But when I arrived to blue-skied, colorful Sevilla, with the help of a “manchao”... Read Full Entry

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Laura Oxenreiter

Loora

As a college student I first studied abroad in Serrekunda, The Gambia, and I became even more fascinated by human diversity than I already had been. I was hooked on travel. Later, I studied abroad in Brno, Czech Republic. Next I lived in Daegu, South Korea while I taught English there. After two years back in my hometown, I'm abroad again-this time in Spain! ... full info

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Processions in Sevilla

Sevilla Cathedral

The biggest Gothic church in Europe; third-biggest church in the world

Sevilla Cathedral

Inside the Sevilla Cathedral

Columbus's Tomb

Inside the Sevilla Cathedral

Huge Gold Altar

Inside the Sevilla Cathedral

Huge Gold Altar

Inside the Sevilla Cathedral

Beginning of Giralda Tower

Attached to the Sevilla Cathedral. Used to be a mosque minaret . . .

Views from Giralda Tower

Views from the Giralda Tower

Views of Sevilla Center from Triana

Spotted in Triana, Sevilla

Curious tiles about not killing birds

Around Triana

4th April 2016

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The Real Alcazar
You can't go to Seville and not see the Real Alcazar. One of the top sights in Sevilla. Beautiful building and lovely gardens

4th April 2016

Loora
Laura Oxenreiter

Real Alcazar
Oooops! Yeah, we skipped it, knowing that we were going to the Alhambra in Granada. But when I'm back in Sevilla, and there are fewer crowds, and I have more money, I'll have to check it out! :-)

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