Sunday, October 29, 2006

Ola Seville

In what could be one of my dumbest statements, it is “The most Spanish of Spanish cities”. It has all the stereotypes associated with it, Flamenco, Bullrings and hot summers.

Our arrival was greeted with warm weather and spent the day trying to navigate the windy streets, This photo is a typical Seville street.

This also makes map reading quite difficult, what appears to be a main street on the map is only a one way street.

The two main site seeing attractions are The Real (Royal) Alcazar and Cathedral, today’s turn was to check out the The Seville Cathedral which being a Sunday was free, but the drawback was it was crowded. The Seville Cathedral is considered the 3rd largest in the world behind St Peters and St Paul's. While being undeniably large and having some impressive elements, it is a bit of a bolt together job. Interesting, but not as nice as others visited, but it does offer some great views out across Seville.