Sevilla

Our last day trip in Spain was to Sevilla, which is sometimes considered to be the capital of Southern Spain. We were so impressed with everything in this city, but especially all of the gorgeous flowers.

Like these purple beauties.

This picture was taken mostly because Jim thought the sign was hilarious (really? Kansas City Avenue?) but the flowers around it are beautiful as well.

We started at the Plaza de Espana. This gorgeous building and courtyard were built in 1929 when Sevilla hosted the Spanish-American Exhibition. They have murals of every Spanish province and we were so excited to see the areas we had visited.

There goes our little man. You know, the one who definitely thinks he is a big man.

We love the cobalt blue tiles surrounding the square. The bridge, the ground and the monuments all showcased this brilliant blue which stood out against the rich Spanish buildings.

We walked by this hotel in the center of Sevilla and I thought it was so gorgeous I couldn't help but take a picture of it. Parents, all I have to say is Jim's signing bonus ;)



We made our way to the Cathedral where we saw the tomb of Cristobol Colon (better known in America as Christopher Columbus). His son is also buried in the cathedral. We enjoyed looking at everything in the cathedral, and learned that this is the 3rd largest cathedral in all of Europe.

We randomly met up with some childhood friends of mine in Sevilla, just two days after randomly running into them in Granada. It was so weird! From left to right there is Max, Nick, Dad?, Tanya, T and me, Caleb. The Lush boys were the ages of me, Ash and Jordan and we all went to Elementary School together. The last time I saw them Jordan and Max were in 6th grade. It was fun catching up with them. In the background is a picture of Columbus' tomb.

After leaving the cathedral, we visited the Royal Alcazar of Seville. The upper levels of the palace are still home to Spanish royalty. We couldn't get enough of the Moorish architecture.

This little chapel in the Alcazar was where sailors would pray for safe journey before going out to sea. It was in a room right next to the chapel shown above that Ferdinand Magellan charted the course he would make to the Spice Islands.

Beautiful. The scenery and the boy!

We definitely did not eat any of these sick and wrong little creatures (although I saw people eating piles and piles of snails).

We however gladly consumed cones and cones full of cold, creamy, sweet, heavenly ice cream.

And we also ate some legit Spanish churros. They're so different than American churros, but SO delicious. They are served for breakfast (these are my kind of people). They come to you deep fried and hot, with sugar on the side that you can sprinkle on, but no cinnamon. They are small and skinny, but still perfectly chewy inside. You can eat them with (and dip them in) hot chocolate...but we just ate them au natural. They were delish.