Seville, Spain

From Lagos we caught a 7hr bus to Seville.  It was really hot in Serville, 30+ degree temperatures all week.   We wandered around the city, and soon realised that McDonalds sold beer - so we got ourselves a nice cold beer.  Plus some Haagen Dazs Ice Cream.  Yummy!!  That evening we wandered around the village and found ourselves a shisha cafe.  That was nice and relaxing.  Then Brigid and I were not ready to go back to the hostel, so we continued out for a drink, and found a street festival happening next to the river Rio Guadalquivir.  We had a few drinks and watched the live band.  Later in the evening some local kids did some flamingo dancing.  They were all dressed up, it was really cute, and they were really go at it too!  I didnt have my camera on me unfortunately :-(

The next day we went to check out the Alcazar.  This is a huge palace that rulers of Seville have occupied from the time of the Romans.  It was very well kept and beautiful.  They had big lawns and gardens too, so we say in one of them in the shade and had some lunch.  It was nice to escape from the hot sun.  Some peacocks came up to us for some food.  There was even a baby peacock with them - something I had never seen before.

That evening we got a horse and carriage to a Flamenco show that we had booked.  This was probably the highlight of our time in Serville.  We got dressed up and thoroughly enjoyed the show - the dancers were really skilled and had beautiful Spanish dresses.  The horse and carriage was a bit of an experience - because we rode along on the road, with all the cars and traffic.  I was a bit afraid the horse might spook, but it was fine and got us there safely!