Smells like horse poop...

...must be Seville! There are horses with carriages everywhere you turn in Seville, therefore, lots of horse poop. Despite the odor, Seville might very well be my favorite place in Spain thus far.

Days 2: Sunday, May 31
Location: Seville, Spain
Weather: Overcast in the morning, clearing up later in the day

We arrived to Seville around sundown on Saturday, May 30th. I almost immediate fell in love with the city when I saw all the buildings lit up. It was just what I had imagined Spain to look like! We found a hotel without too much trouble and checked in for 2 nights. That night we walked around a bit and satisfied our craving for pizza at Dominos. lol. We were all a bit drained from being in the sun that day and decided to call it a night.


The next morning we set out to see all the sites in Seville. We started at the Torre del Oro (Tower of Gold).













Then we took a nice long walk to get to the Plaza de España via the Parque de Maria Luisa. The park was beautiful!

























The Plaza de España was very cool! There were bridges with porcelian railings and each state or major city had its own alcove in the main building. There was also some cool art on display in the plaza and lots of vendors trying to suck in the tourists.


































After a lot of wandering around the park and the plaza, it was time for a nice big lunch.

We spent the later part of the afternoon at the cathedral. This cathedral is the largest gothic structure ever constructed. I was really impressed with the amount of detail in this building! wow! We climbing the 35 ramps to get to the top of the bell tower. It was quite a hike, but there were beautiful views along the way and from the top!

Then we went back to the hotel to get some rest. When we came back out, there were tons of people gathered in the streets. We had no idea what was going on, but we figured it had to be something good if so many people were waiting. We joined the crowd. It was all very drawn out, but it seemed to be a procession to the cathedral. Pablo seemed to think it might be to recognize a certain saint. We still aren't sure, but it was exciting to be part of the action.

We ended the night by grabbing a quick dinner and taking some nighttime photos around the cathedral.























In the morning it was time to continue our road trip south. Next stop...Puerto de Santa Maria...