Seville notes....
Ah, Seville, the heart of Andalucia, Bull Fighting, and Flamenco. The weather has been perfect. In the 80´s during the days and in the 70´s in the evenings.
2:00 pm Woke up from a late night of tapas and sangria the night previous.
2:30 pm Got out of the shower and dressed. The wife and I hit the streets of the historic district.
2:45 pm Breakfast at a Cafe on the Calle de Marianas. Enjoyed churros y chocolate...fresh fried churros served with a steaming cup of melted milk chocalate.
3:15 pm Got in line to see the Catedral and the Giralda, the main monuments of Seville.
5:15 pm Just finished our tour of the Catedral Sevilla and jotting down some notes in a small leather notebook I purchased in Cordoba (a town reknown for it´s leather craftsman)....and my mind is still recovering from the assault, my rods and cones blasted by the overwhelming detail.
I realize I use the word ridiculous too much in my day to day speech, using it at times for the mundane and pedestrian. But if I were limited to using the word to only twice in my lifetime, I´d have to use it this first time to describe the Catedral de Sevilla and save the second for either the Pyramids of Giza OR the Great Wall of China.
Hmmm, the Catedral in a nutshell: It´s the largest Gothic catedral in the world; 25,000 square meters of floor space!! 23 chapels, some able to seat more than my grade school catholic church! required 500 frickin years to build! has 5 naves! a tower 100 meters tall! and ornamentry of such overwhelming volume of detail that your mind would reel from the onslaught.
6:00 pm Walked to el centro, the shopping district....massive and world class, 120 square blocks of hyper modern shiny shops set within medieval streets and 300 year old buildings.
6:20 pm Had chocolate Gelato
7:30 pm Walked home to change
Our Hotel was primo BTW. Here's a pic of it by night.
8:15 pm Hit Cafe Intenesa in the Bario de Santa cruz for Tapas and Cervesas
9:45 pm Walked to Cafe Consornum
10:15 pm Listened to the Great Carlos Del Rio play spanish and Flamenco Guitar
11:45 pm Enjoyed a Flamenco performance till 1:30.
Seriously would have loved soo many of you guys to have been there with us. I´m havind such a blast...
Talk to you in Malaga....
2:00 pm Woke up from a late night of tapas and sangria the night previous.
2:30 pm Got out of the shower and dressed. The wife and I hit the streets of the historic district.
2:45 pm Breakfast at a Cafe on the Calle de Marianas. Enjoyed churros y chocolate...fresh fried churros served with a steaming cup of melted milk chocalate.
3:15 pm Got in line to see the Catedral and the Giralda, the main monuments of Seville.
5:15 pm Just finished our tour of the Catedral Sevilla and jotting down some notes in a small leather notebook I purchased in Cordoba (a town reknown for it´s leather craftsman)....and my mind is still recovering from the assault, my rods and cones blasted by the overwhelming detail.
I realize I use the word ridiculous too much in my day to day speech, using it at times for the mundane and pedestrian. But if I were limited to using the word to only twice in my lifetime, I´d have to use it this first time to describe the Catedral de Sevilla and save the second for either the Pyramids of Giza OR the Great Wall of China.
Hmmm, the Catedral in a nutshell: It´s the largest Gothic catedral in the world; 25,000 square meters of floor space!! 23 chapels, some able to seat more than my grade school catholic church! required 500 frickin years to build! has 5 naves! a tower 100 meters tall! and ornamentry of such overwhelming volume of detail that your mind would reel from the onslaught.
6:00 pm Walked to el centro, the shopping district....massive and world class, 120 square blocks of hyper modern shiny shops set within medieval streets and 300 year old buildings.
6:20 pm Had chocolate Gelato
7:30 pm Walked home to change
Our Hotel was primo BTW. Here's a pic of it by night.
8:15 pm Hit Cafe Intenesa in the Bario de Santa cruz for Tapas and Cervesas
9:45 pm Walked to Cafe Consornum
10:15 pm Listened to the Great Carlos Del Rio play spanish and Flamenco Guitar
11:45 pm Enjoyed a Flamenco performance till 1:30.
Seriously would have loved soo many of you guys to have been there with us. I´m havind such a blast...
Talk to you in Malaga....
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