Sevilla is a smaller city in the south of Spain known for the flamenco.
Photo: Flamenco dancer; a beautiful bridge in Sevilla at night
I stayed next to La Plaza de la Encarnación. This plaza was traditionally used as a market until they found that it contained the remains of ancient Roman ruins. So, in order to preserve the ruins and keep the area in use, they built a beautiful huge sculpture with three floors. On the bottom floor you can see the ruins, preserved in a little underground museum. On the top floor you can walk atop the sculpture and see the whole city from up high. The middle floor was converted into a shopping center.
Photos: Chocolate and churros with a hostel friend; La Plaza de la Encarnación
At my hostel I met a fellow American searching for a place to live in Sevilla. He hadn’t tried the traditional Spanish chocolate y churros (hot chocolate with pastries called churros—they are a bit like funnel cake in flavor), so we went out and tried them together.
Photos: Gardens of the Alcázar
In Sevilla I saw Santa María de la Sede, the cathedral with the largest area according to the Guinness Book that also contains the tomb of Christopher Columbus. I also went to see the Gardens of the Alcázar, which are these beautiful, extensive gardens which include Spain’s first tennis court and a real labyrinth.
Photo: Tomb of Christopher Colombus
Then I went out to a tapas bar to try Spain’s famous tapas and see a little flamenco.
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