Sevilla

This past Saturday I went to a nearby town called Sevilla.  It's about 3 hours away so we had to get on the bus at 8:30 am.  We got there around noon because we ended up leaving but our first stop was the Plaza de Espana.  It's in the center of Sevilla and there was some parts in Star Wars 3 that were filmed there which is pretty cool.  It's basically this huge plaza with lots of bridges and a fountain in the middle.  To say the least it was gorgeous.

Then we visited downtown Sevilla and had 3 hours to ourselves to tour the city.  Some friends and I decided to go to the Catedral de Sevilla.  It's the third biggest Cathedral in the world and the biggest Gothic Cathedral.  We had to wait in line for a while but once we got in it was totally worth it.  There were these huge columns everywhere along with lots of paintings.  Then they had these rooms where people have service at but they were blocked off with gates because it's only for the Priests.  We probably spent a good hour just looking around in there.  I told my dad that if he would've been there he could've spent the whole day inside.

In the Cathedral they have the Girlada Tower which is 34 floors high.  It's very steep going from each floor to the next so you get a workout in.  Once you get to the top though you have an amazing view of the city.  They also have lots of bells at the top but you can't ring them.  Going down was lots easier then coming back up to say the least.  We probably spent 2 hours total there.

After that we couldn't resist and went to a Starbucks since they don't have one in Granada.  Most people ended up getting a drink but I had to have a blueberry muffin.  They have the best pastries ever so I wanted to save it for the ride home.

Once we were done with Starbucks we had to meet up with the rest of the group to go to the Real Alcazar de Sevilla.  It's hard to explain exactly what it is but it's this huge garden with lots of fountains and old buildings inside of it.  There was even an old castle in it and we saw lots of old paintings, the kings's room, and the princess' room.  We spent about 2 hours there and after that it was time to go home.  I ended up sleeping most of the ride home since we did a lot of walking that day and I was going out later that night.