Blogs from Seville, Andalusia, Spain, Europe - page 67

After three hours of relaxation on the train from Granada to Seville, Travelling Canucks have come to the conclusion that there are more olive trees than Spaniards in Spain! Although seeing rural Spain was a welcome break, the Travelling Canucks are thrilled to be in warm (24C) and sunny Seville! First impressions of Seville is that Seville is Sensational! We love the joie de vivre and beautiful streetscapes. Hotel Petit Palace Santa Cruz has proved to be a great hotel choice. After having a delicious lunch at Modesto, eating andelusian specialities al fresco in a plaza around the corner, we were surprised with a room upgrade to a suite with two toilettes, including a jacuzzi the size of a pool, and a hydo massage shower, two flat screen televisions, and laptop in room, which is a ... read more

My group went on a weekend trip to Sevilla. The cities in Spain never cease to amaze me. They are unlike any cities in the U.S., although, I would have to say that Sevilla reminded me of a cross between Venice, Mexico, and California. :) There is a river that runs through it, as well as palm trees everywhere. The weather was absolutely beautiful, except for during the night when it RAINED! Other than that it was warm enough to walk around in a t-shirt. We took the bus from Granada, which was only around 3 hours. The first thing that we did upon our arrival to Sevilla was stop by the Plaza del Toros-The famous bull fighting arena. It was very cool. We went on a tour, and learned about the history. My camera was ... read more

Well, just got back from a two day trip to a pueblo blanco called Ronda. This city was beautiful. The views from the the city to the surrounding mountain range was georgous. There were many things to visit there and to see, but not too many things to do. Was too tired on Friday night to search very hard for a place to hang out, so I went to bed around 10. Since I had seen what I had wanted to see the day before, Saturday was a more relaxing, absorb in the city more day. Since my last entry, I have done a lot of things. Went to a Real Betis soccer match, which was awsome. Started class at the University of Sevilla last week. Have gone out and gotten a little drunk with some ... read more

Well here I am today the 21st of January loading pictures on to a web site. It is taking foreverrrrr! Anyways, yesterday was a fun day. We went to Cordoba. We saw the Mezquita, the Alcazar, and the Synagogue. It was fun taking pictures and getting to revisit things that I visited 3 years ago. The best part of the day though was when we were looking for lunch. We had stopped at about 4 or five restaurants to get food, each one of them said they did not have any food prepared yet. So we went on a little exploration to find a place that had food ready. We ended up in this plaza where there was not tourist in site except for us. It was great. We passed this bar that had about 50 ... read more

Inderdaad... Sophie is back! ik ben ondertussen weer een week op mijn vertrouwde stekje. het afschei was weer een beetje moeilijk maar toen ik hier landde en de zon zag schijnen was mijn heimwee vlug over. Het is hier al elke dag 21 graden geweest. Over de middag eten we buiten in het zonnetje en kheb hier in al die tijd nog geen wintervest moeten bovenhalen. Niet dat ik ene meehad, maar kom. Ik ben dus aangekomen op de luchthaven en tot mijn grote verbazing stonden mij daar 3 vrienden op te wachten: simo, youssef en Iman(een meisje). Ze waren daar met de auto dus vanaf de luchthaven zijn we onmiddellijk tapatjes gaan eten. Ik had eigenlijk niet veel honger want ik had al een broodje "in mijn lizze geslegen". Daarna heb ik op mijn gemak ... read more