Because I have no Friday classes, I was able to awake to a gorgeous Sevilla morning and go exploring. Courtney and I went to the Parque de María Luisa which is the park that surrounds the Plaza de España (the beautiful palace like building from my previous blog) and winds and winds seemingly forever. There are so many fountains and bridges and statues that around every corner we would find something so breathtaking we would literally gasp. In the middle of the garden is a bird sanctuary; they even have their own little island in the middle of one of the man-made lakes. The sun was so bright that morning and warm that I felt like I was in an ethereal world while walking through this garden. I can’t wait until spring when things are in full bloom…I’m sure it will be even more stunning! As we wound through this garden finding new treasures at every turn, we came to one of the greatest finds of the morning; the Plaza de Americas. This is where all the museums are, but the museums look like palaces! There was a square off of that filled with white pigeons…I mean they were covering the entire ground. Tomorrow I want to go and feed them because I was reading somewhere that they are very tame and spoiled by people feeding them that they will just come up to you and sit on your shoulder!
After the gardens, we meet up with our friends Christin and Candice and toured the Cathedral. I always forget how incredibly small they make me feel; the ceilings are so high and everything is so large and ornate that I cannot even comprehend how someone would go about building it! This Cathedral is one if, if not the largest gothic style cathedrals in the world! We also climbed up one of its towers and got a lovely view of our city! 34 stories of climbing…but the view from the top was spectacular! Students get in free, so I am sure I will be back a lot…
Now to start another wonderful day! The sun is shinning…streets are busy and it’s time to explore some more museums and take in the lovely culture of this southern region of Spain! Oh and my first Moorish castle; the Alcazar hopefully on Sunday!
Ciao!
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