Seville

Here are is a selection of pictures for my day in Seville.

At the Plaza de Espagna, already feeling nostalgic about my time in Cadiz!

The real Alcazar. This is the palace where the real Spanish royalty live... at least when they are in Seville.

The cathedral of Seville is a cacaphonic affaire as we discovered are many of the churches in the south of Spain. Most of them are built out of the remains of mosques that were there when the christians took over in the 12th century and then added to through the next centuries. It is as if they have never really figured out what they want to be.

What is Spain without the terasse in every plaza?

This is a procession that we happened onto in our first night in Seville. There was a very large marching band, dozens of candle holders, an immense cross, and this bedangeled bed with the crucified Jesus on top. We tried to find out what the special occasion was but all that we could gather was that it was some church's procession. They seem to do them quite often. It is different to be in a country where religion still plays a big part of people's lives.