Sevilla

Alright… we´re back from Morocco and have keyboards that work (well keyboards that we can work). To recap, we arrived to Sevilla on the 28th. Upon arriving, we realized we had no information on any hostels because we forgot to look it up before we left Lagos. It was around noon and about 95 degrees and getting hotter. We decided to walk to one of the hostels recommended by our book and we made it there about 45 minutes later. The hostel was quite a change from our previous two. It was formerly a convent and was very quiet and relaxed which was a nice change of pace. Now on to Sevilla and its beautiful sights…

Sevilla

Walking Around Sevilla

One of our favorites was the air conditioned electronics store. Sevilla is home of siestas. In the afternoon, most of the shops and restaurants close down and everyone goes to nap for a couple of hours because of the long days and intense heat. After visiting the electronics store and walking around Sevilla, we ate dinner at a tapas bar. The food was really good even though we weren´t exactly sure what all of it was. We walked around a little more after dinner and went back for the night.

The Royal Alcazar Palace

On our second day in Sevilla we visited the Royal Alacazar Palace. The photo above is a picture of the entrance. While the palace itself wasn´t the most impressive, the gardens located on its grounds were amazing.

Marc in the Maze

There was a pretty sweet hedge “maze” in the gardens. We could only find one entrance/exit so I´m not really sure if it was actually a maze.

The Gardens

Another view of the gardens…

Gardens

The gardens had a lot of shade which was a nice escape from the heat. There were people spread throughout lounging in the gardens.

After the gardens, we went back to our hostel and did as the locals do and took a siesta to prepare for the match. Luckily, our second night in Sevilla was the night Spain played Germany in an attempt to become the Champions of Europe.

The Game

A photo of the bar we watched the first half of the game from. As you can see, we were pretty far back. At the half we decided to find a bar with a better TV and more Spanish people. The first bar was filled with mostly English speakers.

¡Campeones!

Mitch and I celebrating

Ole Ole, Espana Campeones! We found the right group of people for the second half as they knew exactly where to go after the victory.

Before

The celebration in the beginning…

After

The celebration once everybody made it down…

Marc in the Fountain

When walking back to the hostel, we saw a group of Spanish kids in the fountain. They asked us if we were German. We said, “No! Espana!” and they said to get in to the fountain to prove it. The reason Marc is the only one in the fountain is because right as he got in, everyone jumped out because the police came flying around the corner and everyone else noticed and jumped out. He managed to get out in time and everything turned out fine.

The party continued long into the night but we headed back around 2am because we were heading to Tarifa in the morning. Sevilla was an amazing city with very nice and relaxed people. My time on the computer is running out so that´s all for now but we´ll try and blog more throughot the trip.

-Mitch