Marrakech, Morocco: The trip to Marrakech was uneventful and our trip into the city was fine. The Riad we are staying at for two nights is pleasant. It is down a small tunnel off a side road in the old section of the city. The Riad itself is very small with only four rooms. The…
Sevilla, Spain: Today will be a very light day in terms of sightseeing. We are packing up this morning to head off to Marrakech this afternoon. Although it is a short distance, we still have a lot to get done before we leave. I still need to pack my bag (it was darn near impossible…
Read more Spanish songs in Andalusia: Week 1 / Day 5 / Jan 15
Sevilla, Spain: Having wrapped things up at the Alcazar we headed across the street to the Cathedral (they really are basically across the street from each other). Catedral de Sevilla is the largest Gothic Cathedral in the world. And, much as the Alcazar is not for you if you do not like geometric tile patterns,…
Sevilla, Spain: I am finding that as I am visiting places I am getting certain songs stuck in my head. So, I’ve decided to share them with you. Today as we were touring the upper level of the Alcazar there were multiple references made to the Infanta (shown in portraits, rooms noted that were hers,…).…
Read more We all come praise the Infanta: Week 1 / Day 4 / Jan 14
Sevilla, Spain: We got a bit of a late start today after the late night soccer match yesterday (and staying up watching Patriots’ postgame coverage). To start off the day we headed over to Reales Alcázares de Sevilla – a royal palace. This palace is the oldest, continuously used royal palace in Europe. The plot…
Sevilla, Spain: Just got back home from Estadio Benito Villamarín where we saw the Real Betis v. Real Madrid match. I hate to say it, but the atmosphere at this stadium was probably the best I have seen for a soccer match. We had seats close to the field right along the top of the…
Read more Real Betis v. Real Madrid: Week 1 / Day 3 / Jan 13
Sevilla, Spain: After a lot of walking yesterday, we decided to sleep in a bit today and get a later start. We spent the majority of our time today at Plaza de España. The plaza is part of the park / gardens that we visited yesterday. Originally built as part of the Ibero – American…
After a bit of a rest we headed back out again to explore some more of Sevilla. We headed down towards Catedral de Sevilla. It is a rather immense structure and one that will certainly bear further exploration (probably on Monday). After the cathedral we headed over to Universidad de Sevilla and explored a bit.…
Sevilla, Spain: We headed out this morning to explore a few markets in Sevilla. If you’re going to keep following this trip, I really hope you like markets. Because I love them, so you will get to see a lot of them. The first two we went to (Arenal Markt and Mercado Lonja del Barranco)…
Sevilla, Spain: Having settled in a bit we set out to explore Sevilla. We discovered pretty quickly that they really like their orange trees here. In so many different areas we saw orange trees with lots of fruit just hanging from them. The big mystery to me is why they are not being pulled off…
Read more Starting to explore Sevilla: Week 0 / Day 1 / Jan 11
