SEVILLA

Sat 3rd March.
After a Spanish breakfast of ham and cheese we set off to visit the three main
attractions:
The Alcazar is a Group of palaces dating back over a thousand years from its
Arabic period to its Gothic take over in the 14th century,The first pictures show
the inner courtyard,a room decorated with the largest tapastries and the exotic
gardens but we can not give you the whole feeling of its full history from the
Mudejar style.
The Holy Cathedral of Sevilla shown in the picture with the Giralda in the back
ground was built over the Almohad mosque in the 9th century and is the largest
Gothic church in the world.When you enter,your breath is taken away in every
sence and it is too much to take in,in one visit.The High Altarpiece in the picture
is 18-metre high and one of the largest in all Christianity.In one of the five naves
the mortal remains of Christopher Columbus are laid in a mausoleum.
The Giralda was built as a minaret in the 11th century and the top added in the
15th century.once again as the Christians took over.To get to the top we walked
up the 35 brick ramps,not steps,the reason was so that the muezzin in charge of
calling the faithfull to prayer could climb to the top on his horse! The view from
the bell tower over Sevilla is rather special and also shows are new apartment
with pool! in the picture.
When we came down to the ground the temprature was 29',so the narrow streets
are a godsend,we had a beer in the Plaza del Salvador which is the heart of the
old town and was packed and full of Sevilla's in crowd,then after visiting the local
market and also buying a rug for the Winnebago we caught a horse carriage to the
other side of the old town for lunch of Argentian Steak and Tinto de Virano ( red
wine with ice and lemonade) In the evening we went out for a late dinner in the
old town,where Brenda had Baby Broad Beans and Ham in oil,followed by Monk
fish in Saffron and i had fish platter.We then went around to our local to watch the
match between Sevilla and Barcelona,which we had tried to get tickets for and
whilst inside we missed the lunar Eclipse as we did not know that it was happening!! When we returned to the hotel we had a spectacular view of the
traffic and noise from the victorious Sevilla supporters !!